I have had the most fabulous display of alliums in the garden for weeks. There are so many different varieties that it is possible to have allium bulgaricum from mid-May through to...

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I suspect like me you may have struggled with early spring climatic conditions, twas ever thus! Many vegetable seeds were slow to germinate, young growth was checked in April by cold night...

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Life in the garden is returning to normal. A few dry days and I can hear the steady of hum of lawn mowers, strimmers and hedge trimmers. The swallows have returned and...

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I had to laugh when I picked up last month’s article. I said something about watering in your herbaceous plants. The heavens obviously read the article and did it for you. Oh...

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If you have been resting on your laurels over a wet January (and I don’t mean literally!) then now is the time to get going. The days are lengthening thank heavens and...

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Gosh another new year already and the policeman look younger still. It all seems to come round quicker than ever and in mid- November with my summer baskets still ok and flowers...

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It’ll soon be Christmas. Gosh it seems to come round quicker than ever and in mid- November with my summer baskets still OK and flowers on the clematis things were looking good. OK...

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Tulips – I hope you haven’t planted them yet! The first two weeks of November are the very best time to plant. Yes, I know the bulbs have been available since mid-...

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Now October looms and whilst I love the autumn with its fruits and colours I do confess to becoming a little depressed by the nights closing in so fast and leaves disappearing...

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Excuse my overwhelming interest in Veryan Show but it is the one local to me that I can enter because I never judge there and a reminder that it is an open...

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