Notes on growing ornamentals and edibles, and musings on other matters that interest me.
For some time I’ve wanted to visit Bryan’s Ground. I’ve read about it in gardening magazines like Gardens Illustrated and RHS’s The Garden. And I’ve read other gardening bloggers experiences of visiting, such as VP’s back in May, where she …
I was playing around with my new camera whilst lying down on the grass in my stonewall garden. I found it was a very interesting way of looking at the garden. my arch, with Rosa Seagull climbing over it a …
I finally managed to get to the Lottie on Sunday and wow, what a broad bean harvest. I collected 6 kilos of broad beans! This equalled 1.5 kilos once shelled. I’m afraid I cannot show you the lovely broad bean, …
I’m just so busy at the moment with work that I’ve barely had a chance to do any gardening for the last couple of weeks, apart from tying back some tomatoes and pinching out the side growth. On the plus …
The show gardens and the designers get a lot of attention at Chelsea, but of course they would be nothing without the plants. I always enjoy visiting the Great Pavillion, where nurseries display their plants in some very creative ways. …
New Wild Garden, Nigel Dunnett. My favourite show garden Yes, yet another blog about Chelsea. Yes, there are millions out there by now. And no, my blog won’t say anything remarkable or different to anyone else. It’s just my record …
Asparagus Tart A couple of weeks ago I was lucky enough to win VP’s cook book giveaway. I was excited not just because I won – though that was very exciting – but because this book was the kind of …
I thought it was about time to update my Lottie picture on my blog. That’s the one to the right above ‘about me’. It used to be this… 29th November 2008 And now it’s this… 15th May 2011 Progress! But …
I ran my first gardening workshop today. Yes, someone actually paid me to show others how to grow! The workshop was at BarracksLane Community Garden, where I’m the freelance coordinator a couple of days a week. In that role I …
It’s bloody windy out there. So on top of the almost complete lack of rain, we now have high winds drying out the soil. Ugh. Kevin and I spent a couple of wind-blown hours at the lottie this afternoon. In …