Well there’s no point beating about the bush – we are selling Woodridge. For a bunch of reasons that I’m not going to bore you with, we’ve decided to put…
Tag: garden
We all know there isn’t a lot of gardening in winter. The weather’s not much good and things don’t grow. You have to wait it out. Which doesn’t mean that…
In August I said this wasn’t a monthly blog anymore. That was over 3 months ago, so yeah, it isn’t. And, you may ask, what’s happened in those 3 months? Well..
Well, it’s obvious that this isn’t a monthly blog anymore. Not just because I keep going away on holiday…but gardening is cyclical so there’s less new stuff
As I said in my last post, gardening and foreign holidays are not compatible. It’s a good reason (alongside the weather) to go away in darkest January and February, rather…
I spent a good chunk of April in Uzbekistan. It was just so good to be travelling again after 26 months of being grounded by the pandemic. And Uzbekistan itself…
There’s not a lot happening in January and February. I guess that’s a good thing because it’s freezing and wet, and that’s no fun. But it’s frustrating when, at other…
Autumn is a second spring when every leaf is a flower. (Albert Camus) Autumn is galloping ahead. It’s a season that signifies ending, and there’s a whole lotta difference between…
30 days hath September, April, June, and … [you know the rest]… 30 days? That many? It feels as though August was just last week. September breezed in and breezed out…
August is a transitional month. It’s definitely part of summer – there’s sunshine and festivals and family holidays.
I was determined to post about June before the first week of July was over. My intentions were good, but somehow… So here’s two months for the price of one.
Last month I posted about our magnificent magnolias. I thought I’d follow up with another single issue post, featuring our stunning rhododendrons and azaleas.
I love May. It’s so fresh, alive and green … except where it’s flowering madly in every other colour. Hedgerows, verges, gardens, woods – it’s all going on, everywhere.
As I said in April part 1, it’s been a busy month. But it’s also been a chance to sit and take in my surroundings. Read a book and listen…
Along the river, over the hills, in the ground, in the sky, spring work is going on with joyful enthusiasm, new life, new beauty, unfolding, unrolling in glorious exuberant extravagance,…