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Planting tulips late

By James Alexander-Sinclair on 14/01/2013 14:40:59

to have done by now. A box of tulips is sitting under my desk (along with two pairs of shoes, the overspill from the waste paper basket and a pen top whose presence I have been missing for a while). They should have been planted at least a month ago (the


Hostas and slugs

By James Alexander-Sinclair on 23/04/2013 13:05:29

As spring finally springs and the soil warms up, we should address a very common hosta problem. You may not, I suppose, be aware that there is any sort of problem, but that may be because you are either very lucky, or that you have never grown them.The idea of wide, slightly quil...


Cuckoo flower

By James Alexander-Sinclair on 07/05/2013 11:19:52

of the brassica family, which is apparent in the flowers. It grows best near water, hence its presence by my ditch.As folklore has it, this plant is sacred to the fairies and is therefore unlucky if brought indoors. I have no idea what terrible revenge the fairies


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