Phil Keymer | Roseland Online

June

There’s so much to talk about in June that I am not sure where to start this month!! No doubt those with greenhouses are doing the usual dash to open them in...

May

With a few heady days of April sunshine we have all had an opportunity to get out there and start some real gardening. It makes such a difference when the sun is...

April

It is very difficult not to bang on about the weather and I am not going to resist temptation. Whilst the March sunshine was encouraging the cool nights meant that temperatures in...

March

I got quite excited in February when the temperature went up to 10c. My winter holiday was taken simply because there wasn’t a lot I could do with snow and ice on...

February

My brief for these articles is gardening matters so please do not be alarmed when I start by extolling the virtues of an article which appeared in Veryan parish mag last year....

January

I am waiting with baited breath for the outburst of the camellias! We almost take them for granted in Cornwall as they adorn the great gardens and are the forerunners and the...

December

A good friend buys you a cyclamen in full flower, you put it in the lounge for all to admire over Christmas and ten days before the family arrive its shrivelled or...

November

Oh what splendid weather we were blessed with in September and most of October. (Sorry it fell apart for half term!!) We managed to re-seed an ornamental lawn in mid October and...

October

A summer of shows and so many around the Roseland! It never ceases to amaze me how many shows we can support in such a small area and we display with pride...

I am always rather reflective in September. Despite the dahlias and asters and the elegant cannas there are always the signs that the season is changing. Summer stuff is looking tired, particularly...