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scurrying away as he is still wary of me, the vegetable garden beautifully friable making me wish my temperature would go down. I love the spring. Not with us yet on Bodmin moor! Yesterday was the first day in 10 with no frost. Really looking forward

I am off due to easter holidays and today was the first real chance to get in the garden. Everything is in bud and the blue tits are hanging around. Thank goodness for spring, my favourite season. chris Walking around Stourhead Gardens, near

lovely blooms on it and the pieris is in flower, the bluebells will be flowering in the next week and there was plenty of new growth on the shrubs.Even the big pots were overflowing with big bloomed pansies., primroses and other spring flowers which I

to inject a note of optimism the second picture, below, is of the same area in May - so all is not lost).Now is the time start the big chop back in readiness for the spring. Over the next few weeks I will be cutting back pretty much everything, pruning roses

I love the delicate flowers of prunus, although I'm not so keen on the blowsier, pink varieties I sometimes see in other gardens. The smaller, more delicate spring blossom hits the spot for me.Like most gardeners, I also have a nose for a bargain

spring, but my roses are blooming and so are the sweet peas - how mad is that!! The birds think it is Spring, but I am not taking any risks, February can be a very treacherous month, had quite a frost last night, nothing too serious though. My Magnolia

splash of colour in spring and hopefully attract lots of bees too.is it true the bulbs [snake heads] are difficult to grow from a bulb as the lady in garden centre said they were???? but i brought them anyway...... I plant most of my bulbs in aquatic

Great article. I am sure, mid-January, the thing that keeps us gardeners going is the thought of spring being not too far away so sharing what we are all doing to prepare can only help.In my garden, on the edge of a town in Hertfordshire, I am

aconites twinkling like jewels in her grass.So much to look forward to in spring. can't wait to see what has survived the freezing weather. Sadly can't look forward to GW as I will miss Toby and Alys.I will not be watching as I find Monty so boring. Had

hi, i live in middlesbrough, i planted my garlic 2 types the same time as Montty Don, last weekend i pulled a few as the leaves are starting to brown. on pulling them they just look like giant spring onions? how has this happened, can i still eat