Can someone tell me, cos I'd really like to know, how you can spend a whole week gardening from dawn till dusk and it's just as big a mess at the end of the week as it was at the beginning. I've pruned, planted, sowed, watered, weeded, shredded, potted, watered; you name it, I've done…
Tag: Ferns
Six on Saturday – 24/12/2022
Christmas Eve. I thought it was going to rain all week but it wasn't so bad. It's the USA that's being hammered now, in a fashion that puts our recent episode in perspective. My thoughts are with you guys, hope you don't get hit too hard and that it doesn't spoil Christmas. The garden is…
Six on Saturday – 21/5/2022
Saturday morning and this blog post only half done. I came in from the garden at 9pm yesterday, did a bit, then went out slug foraging around 10pm when it was dark. I have Dahlias in the ground, trying to grow, and slugs trying to stop them. With my help, I hope the Dahlias will…
Six on Saturday – 14/5/2022
May is the month where it can all run away from you if you take your eye off the ball for a second. So much happening, so much needing doing. A lot of what needs doing is weeding and watering, which eats into the time you need for planting and preening. Quite a bit of…
Six on Saturday – 8/1/2022
We had one frosty night this week, then the rain rolled in again. It blackened some hydrangea leaves and Hedychium 'Tara' is looking less chipper, though still standing. As far as things happening, there really isn't anything new, what I put in last week is still true and this week's six could have been done…
Six on Saturday – 31/7/2021
We went midweek to visit Wildside garden at Buckland Monochorum. This garden, created by Keith Wiley with a great deal of inspiration from his late wife Ros, is as close as any garden I know to my idea of a perfect garden. It is packed full of good plants, all planted in a naturalistic way…
Six on Saturday – 12/6/2021
Our first NGS opening is on the 23rd but we had something of a dry run with a group from Liskeard on wednesday afternoon. It all went well, which was a relief. Having spent weeks coaxing things along and primping and preening it all, it's hard not to feel a bit flat afterwards. There's plenty…
Six on Saturday – 22/5/2021
Nearly the end of May and we've yet to have a spell of really good growing weather this year. The forecasts have often suggested that things might be getting better only for it not to materialise, so I'm trying to attenuate my hopes for the coming week. Gales are particularly unwelcome and all you can…
Six on Saturday – 1/5/2021
Weird it is. For a good part of yesterday the sky to the south of us was black with rain coming down in sheets. There were several claps of thunder though I didn't notice any lightning flashes. We had about five drops of rain, the rest missed us. Normally that would have been a good…
Six on Saturday – 24/4/2021
The greenhouse extension is done, all that remains is to sort out shelving and staging. It won't last but at the moment it actually feels spacious. Building has meant that apart from watering, all other gardening has been neglected, so I'm keen to wrap it up and get back to weeding, planting, pricking off, potting…