You know spring is on its way as daylight hours lengthen, temperatures warm and while the snowdrops (Galanthus) and early Crocus tomassianus are finishing, daffodils (Narcissus) and the wave of other spring bulbs are hitting their stride. Ready, steady, wait... then sow! Begin sowing seeds indoors: there's no escaping that March and April are the| Jack Wallington | Nature & Gardens | nature, landscape and garden design in H...
Summer! Well, if the weather behaves. It often feels like summer has stop-started into action at some point in May and, come June, there is no denying its arrival. Alliums and ox-eye daisies (Leucanthemum vulgare) bursting into flower and a rush of upward vertical grass growth is nature telling us the warm season is here.| Jack Wallington | Nature & Gardens | nature, landscape and garden design in H...
May is the month when all plants start growing rapidly, resulting in lush, immaculate leaves. Everything feels fresh with endless possibilities and as a gardener, there is probably no better feeling than that. Now is the time to care for your seedlings, taking them onto maturity and to get into a rhythm or repeated extra| Jack Wallington | Nature & Gardens | nature, landscape and garden design in H...
In the UK, early April is my marker in the year when I know everything needs to be ready and most seeds need to be sown. Choose any week or weekend in April for this purpose to block out a number of days to get everything set for the year ahead. This blitz of action| Jack Wallington | Nature & Gardens | nature, landscape and garden design in H...
