keeping my head above the compost heap
So, after a very short lived heat-wave, in which I spent a fortune on factor 50 (the biopsy came back clear, by the way - hooray doesn’t do it justice) and then whisked the seedlings out of the greenhouse and planted them outside, it has now doggedly tipped it down ever since. And at 13 degrees centigrade, the temperature has … [Read more...]
In honour of this week’s National Gardening Week (what, you didn’t know?!) I thought I’d try and come up with something vaguely useful and offer a few (inexpert) tips on growing your own, especially if you're still deciding what to plant. Whether you have a few containers, a patch of soil in the garden, or a whole … [Read more...]
I’m never quite sure about hanging baskets. Something about them smacks of municipal lampposts and pub gardens. Any flowers are better than no flowers. But predictable petunias poking out of something resembling a picnic hamper, is just a bit, well, uninspiring. Perhaps it’s the visual confirmation that this really is … [Read more...]
