Gardening – February 2015 – Nicola Bush
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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Gardening – January 2015 – Nicola Bush
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...
Gardening – December 2014 – Nicola Bush
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...
Gardening – November 2014 – Nicola Bush
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-...
Gardening – October 2014 – Nicola Bush
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...
Gardening – September 2014 – Nicola Bush
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...
Gardening – July 2014 – Nicola Bush
Now this month is a tale about the ‘Battle of the Acres’. Or more clearly Nine Acres v Four Acres. And it is a tale from last year but worth telling here....
Gardening – June 2014 – Nicola Bush
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...
Gardening – May 2014 – Nicola Bush
Many of you will have fed your garden and veg plot now only to find that all the nutrients have been washed away in the heavy rains. It’s a tricky business this...
Gardening – March 2014 – Nicola Bush
If it is still raining and blowing when you read this then you will understand why I am almost at a loss as to what to suggest your March gardening jobs might...