Gardening Matters – August 2013 – Nicola Bush
The weather? Wasn’t going to mention it but the hot sunshine after a monsoon winter and cold spring was welcome. Many of the shrubs and trees really have benefitted from the wet...
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Gardening Matters – July 2013 – Nicola Bush
Flaming June! Well let’s hope so, we are certainly due some better and warmer weather. Pots and containers will be perfectly alright outside now though some of us still need to provide...
Gardening Matters – May 2013 – Nicola Bush
It is always good to know that someone is reading the column one writes. You always hope that is the case but unless anybody mentions it then one does not really know....
Gardening Matters – April 2013 – Nicola Bush
How I wish for the temperatures last march, one of the warmest march months on record. Now we are heading for the coldest on record, but it has had its advantages. Bare...
Gardening Matters – March 2013 – Nicola Bush
It is always good to know that someone is reading the column one writes. You always hope that is the case but unless anybody mentions it then one does not really know....
Gardening Matters – February 2013 – Nicola Bush
I try not to get too excited about the weather. It is what it is and I would rather worry about things I can do something about. However it will be apparent...
Gardening Matters – December 2012
The end of another year is nigh and it is true what they say, the years seem to go faster as you get older. I remember when I first started work, I...
Gardening Matters – November 2012
I was coming out of Veryan the other night and had to stop for a hedgehog to cross the road. Having registered my delight on returning home, my husband tells me the...
Gardening Matters – October 2012
My October offerings are always reminiscences of the various village shows. This year ought to be no exception because despite the awful summer weather the entries were still high and many managed...
September 2012
I seem to have spent much of August at war with pests. More rain and some warm, damp evenings have heralded party time for slugs and snails. They seem to appear from...