As the new year rolls into town with a wave of warm weather it’s made me think about the coming year in the garden – about what I’d like to sow and what I’d like to cook with what I’ve grown, foraged and found. January can often be a bleak month in the garden but… Continue reading What to do in January in the garden…
It’s no secret, I’m mad on dahlias. The love affair has been a fairly recent one – well, one year, two months and seventeen days to be precise. It all began after a visit to the Norfolk & Suffolk Dahlia Society’s show last year. Imagine a village hall bursting to the rafters with hundreds of… Continue reading A vase fit for an array of dazzling dahlias…
It’s safe to say I have spent the last two months gardening – sure, I’ve done other things, but I’m currently relishing the role of head gardener. If ever there has been a time to embrace gardening it is now. Every day there are changes to admire, new blooms to watch and mini landscapes to… Continue reading A walk around the garden…
I’ve grown artichokes for two years now. Grown from seed as much for their dominant structures as their distinct green globes. Over the years, I’ve eaten a few but not many – but this is all set to change. The memory of my first artichoke remains clearly with me. I was 13 and in France… Continue reading Growing globe artichokes…
…isn’t, in reality, much different to normal life here. There’s one big exception though and that is the fact that I currently have no work. Being self-employed, and working mostly with events, means that I no longer have an income stream whilst the Covid-19 pandemic unveils itself. Of course I’m nervous about what the future… Continue reading Isolation on the farm…
Do you make new year’s resolutions? I don’t always do it myself unless someone puts me on the spot and asks me what mine are for the year ahead. However, this year I felt full of optimism (and flu) as the bells struck midnight and so decided to attempt a number of resolutions for 2020.… Continue reading New year’s resolutions…
Bank holidays always seem a good time to garden – a time to catch up on deadheading, pruning, harvesting, sowing and generally ‘getting on top of things’. So, with this in mind I’ve been doing just that. At 3.30pm I stopped for a break and saw that the Norfolk & Suffolk Dahlia Society had their… Continue reading You can never have too many dahlias…
The fact that I love gardening is probably not a shock to many people. So, earlier in the year I decided to join the Norfolk & Norwich Horticultural Society – to gain more gardening knowledge and to take part in their seasonalĀ shows. Being a newbie I hadn’t been to any of the society’s talks or… Continue reading Gardening for the sheer joy of it…
Compost heap – where have you been all my life… Although I have my own vegetable beds I haven’t had a compost heap until this year and, now I have one in my life, I can’t believe I didn’t make it happen years ago. As well as composting waste from the garden – veg tops,… Continue reading Let’s talk about compost…
On January 1 I always start with good intentions for the year ahead – it always involves being more healthy, more organised and more proactive – but due to a stinking cold and various other factors January has been a bit of a wipe out. It’s for that reason I’m resolving to do all of… Continue reading February, what do you have in store…
