Hello! I hope today’s post finds you well? It’s late August here and change is in the air. The majority of my summer crops have been harvested and the winter crops have settled into their homes. My flower garden didn’t get the ‘its summer’ memo, and hasn’t really performed that well. I think its down to the soil, so will…
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A Place to Potter and Ponder
Hello August and hello to you! Its the 1st of the month today, but I have a feeling it will be the 31st in a blink of an eye. The days are whizzing by and autumn is on the horizon; so say the Chrysanthemums I found in the garden centre at the weekend. And even though I really don’t want…
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The First Growing Season ~ 15 Lessons Learnt
Hello! It’s midway through July now and we are right in the middle of harvest time in the kitchen garden. I’ve used almost half of the broccoli and Spring onions, new courgettes are popping up everyday, and I’m literally counting the days until I can get stuck into the potato bed. We have an abundance of already established cutting flowers…
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Planting Out & A Picture Diary
June is here! The weather in Scotland has been beautiful since I returned home from South Africa, completely making up for the long winter that’s now beyond a distant memory. I came home to a garden of surprises and seedlings bursting from the potting shed. So Andrew and I spent the last long weekend in May planting out, taking stock…
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The Darling Buds of May…
May has arrived and suddenly I’m wondering where the year is disappearing too. Spring seemed a long time coming, but in the past couple of days seems to be in fast forward mode with new life popping up everywhere. After being brown and twiggy for so long, the snow berry bushes and trees are greening up. The daffodils have come…
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