Looking into May

I April is normally the month for finishing the winter works off in the garden but one of the coldest April’s since the 1960’s put and end to that. So a lot of May will be catching up on these tasks. This will be on top of normal Mays work. It’s pretty obvious that we…

October, the neither month!

My monthly look at the month gone by, what I have been doing as well as some thoughts then looking forward to the upcoming month

Flaming June! 

The monthly thoughts of a professional gardener, well one that’s currently off sick!

Spring into April 

Well that was a almost typical March wasn’t, in like and lion and out like a slow cooked lamb! But was it ever a busy one! Roses had to be pruned and trained into beautiful shapes, ones that not only coat the features whether it’s a old wall or wooden feature, in beautiful twists and…

Madder than a March hare 

Well that describes Februaries weather to a T, a month of complete oppersites, a pretty cold spell followed by the warmest February day on record, then in steps storm Doris, flicking her windy locks though the trees, homes and gardens. March is the moth that’s supposed to come in like a loin and out with…

February’s ramblings… 

Well that’s January out of the way, some may say thankfully but I quite enjoyed it, the cold spell we enjoy was the longest for a couple of years with temperatures down to -5c with me here in Hampshire. Here’s hoping February is going to be more of the same please! February was always know…