A New Year, and better weather thus far, any way. Although it has been howlingly windy at times, we have got through it, and had a few absolutely beautiful days, on which...
After a dryish September, Mother Nature has certainly turned the taps on us in recent weeks. Never have I seen such a succession of miserable and damp faces, and that includes my own....
With the clocks going back tonight, we are plunged once more into the realm of short, darker days. Those first few times it is dark by 5.30 are not good for the...
As I write here on this blustery Sunday morning, summer is most definitely in the past for this year. If we needed any more proof than the weather, the Veryan Autumn Show...
Well, I’m rather regretting harping on about water in last month’s column. No sooner I did, then we had apocalyptic rain for a few weeks. Sorry, peeps. However, erratic this August has...
This last few weeks have really focused my mind on the importance of water, and made me think harder about how I garden and plant. In practice, we had 5-6 weeks with...
Cornish summertime seems at last to be here, but what a strange old ride it has been. Not exactly a straight line increase in temperatures, and actually we had the heating on...
What a difference a few weeks make in the garden. Those colder night-time temperatures are a thing of the past (fingers crossed) and we are all playing catch up with our gardening. Now...
It is only approximately seven weeks until the longest day. There, we’ve said it. Here at Pengelly, some days we’re still wearing many layers of clothes, being battered by hailstorms and thinking...