Sometimes (rarely, it has to be admitted) my life horticultural (retired) goes through a frenetic patch. Like this week; Wednesday evening, talk to garden club (Camellias); Thursday and Friday, fil…| garden ruminations
It seems stupid to be saying so, but the modest amount of rain we had today was very welcome. It’s not that the ground is dry, just that if it does turn dry very early I worry that when growt…| garden ruminations
We’ve had nearly a week of cold nights, with frost forecast but not materialising to a significant degree. Tonight and tomorrow fit the same pattern, then it warms up a little. Sadly, it curr…| garden ruminations
Our garden is plagued by slugs. I could just ignore them and eventually nature would control their numbers. The problem is that the means by which that plays out is that the slugs gorge themselves …| garden ruminations
If Sue had still been in Australia she would around about now be experiencing the calm in the eye of a cyclone, in that the forecast track of Alfred is right over the top of where she was staying. …| garden ruminations
Oh my! I just witnessed a seismic geopolitical moment and I have to calm down and write a blog about things happening in my garden. By any real world standard, absolutely nothing is happening in my…| garden ruminations