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for me to read this blog. Thanx for it. I like such topics and everything that is connected to them. I would like to read a bit more soon. I this year have forced some paper white narcissus planting bulbs at different weeks and now I have a pot of flowers

I have to force myself indoors to do necessary voluntary work but do so very reluctantly as the beauty of my garden unfolds. It's wonderful to see plants bursting into growth.I am watching the golden hop racing up our pergola and have taken

Would you advise pruning damaged plants in wet conditions? My problem is that as most of the country, all living in my garden suffered from the past few days with continuous gale force winds and pouring rain (Lancs). Some branches of my young trees

the stem outwards. I've bought Baby Bio and have been told to mist the plant - any other suggestions please?  If I pruned it back to the first set of leaves would that force new leaves to come from the bare sections? Any advice would be appreciated - I hate

Forcing. They're early, very reliable, beautifully sweet, and harvested at roughly 4-6 inches, so you can get away with a shallower bed. This year is a write off for many vegetables and not something you did.Carrots like a nice loose sandy soil

compared to the infernos in Greece but probably quite scary if you were there. Two months later and although the hillside is still blackened and sooty the first signs of regeneration were on the way as strands of tough dune grass were already forcing

The night air is rent by unearthly shrieks. Stammered yelps and horrid guttural whimpers cut through the silence. It sounds like witches are murdering some poor soul deep in a well at the end of my garden. The foxes are out in force tonight

There currently appears to be the largest quantity of ladybird pupae I've ever seen in my garden. I'm not sure whether they are pupae of the standard UK ladybirds or the notorious harlequin, but they are here in force. Just the other day a friend

've had! I can't remember anything quite like this before. Can you?Let's put to one side the travel problems and disappointments of missed mail-order deliveries. We all have a story to tell, I'm sure.Forced to work from home last week when all the overhead

diversion from the point of this blog, happens very seldom. Often it rains earlier and later but only on a few days every year are we forced to stay in bed. Meteorology, eh?Anyway, my point is that part of our route goes through the nearby woods. Most