A friend has been working at Fairhaven woodland and water gardens for about a year now, and shockingly, we have only just got around to visiting. We had been to Fairhaven before but it was a very long time ago… Continue reading
Peas in their bottles
Goodness we have had a long cold winter! As I said in my earlier post, last year I let the garden lie fallow, hopefully to replenish itself, and am starting again this year. I’ve ordered the seeds and everything. All we need is the weather. But day… Continue reading
I mentioned the Heritage Seed Library in my post on seeds, but did not say much about it. It is a brilliant initiative, set up by Garden Organic (the trading name of the HDRA).
Due to the ridiculous European reglations under which all seeds sold need to be registered, which costs money, many of the old gardening seed… Continue reading
The depths of the winter is the traditional time for placing the seed order for the garden. I love looking through the catalogues and am a bit of a sucker for pictures of lush vegetables.
For several years I have kept all my seeds in a… Continue reading
The New York Times section of the Observer generally has some good eco articles and this week is no exception. An item which is apparently part of an ‘Urban Agriculture’ series, looks at growing food on walls. Green Walls.
Its a brilliant… Continue reading
It is rather a beautiful morning today and I feel I ought really to be doing something in the garden. Indeed I have just gone out there with that intention. But it is cold, and everything is still wet from recent rain Maybe I’ll write about it instead.
The garden is, frankly, a mess at the… Continue reading
