Gardening – September 2017 – Sarah Daniel and Helen Robins
This is a funny period in the gardening year. Summer is almost over and our gardens are starting to look a little tired, but autumn is not quite here, despite some of...
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Gardening – August 2017 – Sarah Daniel and Helen Robins
As we embark on this month’s column, the natural place to start is a look back at last year’s, to make sure we’re giving you something fresh to think about. It was...
Gardening – July 2017 – Sarah Daniel and Helen Robins
Well, what a funny phase we’ve been through recently. Relatively even daytime temperatures, persistently cool nights, thunderous winds (during which one of us was on the Roscoff ferry, getting NO sleep whatsoever,...
Gardening – May 2017 – Sarah Daniel and Helen Robins
Has Anyone Got a Hat We Can Eat? Last month, we talked about pruning and chopping with abandon, hoping the worst of the late winter cold was behind us. The last couple...
Gardening – April 2017 – Sarah Daniel and Helen Robins
It always seems like this time of year brings with it a huge “to do” list in the garden, but in many ways, we have had a bit of a reprieve because...
Gardening – March 2017 – Sarah Daniel and Helen Robins
This month, as we write Storm Doris is upon us. It was hardly a storm here in Cornwall; more like a Winnie the Pooh blustery day. The rest of the country has...
Gardening – February 2017 – Sarah Daniel and Helen Robins
What a mild and dry winter we have had so far, bar a few days last week., and even that wasn’t bone-chillingly cold. The frost did put pay to a couple of...
Gardening – January 2017 – Sarah Daniel and Helen Robins
Whoever said there was nothing to do in the garden over winter? There is plenty, and apart from the odd chilly morning, the weather has been clement enough recently that we’ve been...
Gardening – December 2016 – Sarah Daniel and Helen Robins
What a difference a few days make. Until recently, we had been enjoying a balmy and dry period lasting for several weeks, and most of the leaves were still firmly affixed to...
Gardening – November 2016 – Sarah Daniel and Helen Robins
Well, this is the anniversary of our taking over this column and there is no doubt that much has changed for us this year, both personally and professionally. Familiar faces have come...