Garden Notes for June 2023. There is so much to do in June. Keep lawns mowed, but do not set the blades too low as this allows the plants to survive if there is a lack of moisture. Lawns always look so much more tidy if the edges are kept cut as well as the centre. In the vegetable plot, Continue Reading →
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A New Year’s resolution for gardeners might be to plan ahead. But it is not easy when the best laid plans can be thwarted by inappropriate weather patterns. Why is it always so unexpected? That is one of Life’s many mysteries. Anyway, here goes. Clear away stems and roots of green crops like cabbages once they have finished and try Continue Reading →
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Garden notes for December 2022 If you are given a flowering bulb such as hyacinths, daffodils or tulips at Christmas, they will probably have been forced to flower early. They will last well if they are kept in a room that is not too hot, and the soil is kept moist. Plant the bulbs out in the garden when the Continue Reading →
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Shorter days are here along with some misty mornings and the risk of frosts. A busy time still in the garden clearing leaves, planting bare root roses and pruning fruit trees are just a few of the jobs needing our attention. For more do read Chris’s Tips for November. Our autumn events are now in full swing. We are holding Continue Reading →
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What a terrific evening our Pumpkin Pageant proved to be this year. On Friday (28 October) we were delighted to welcome families from around the village to bring their children, along with carved pumpkins, to the Memorial Hall where our resident witch welcomed them. Babies, children and adults turned out in fantastic fancy dress costumes to take part in the Continue Reading →
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Garden Notes for November 2022 I have enjoyed the return to ‘normal’ weather in September. Having the lawn return to being green and the dahlias flowering away has been a joy. Following the wonderful open weather we have had at the start of October (writing this in the second week) the long range weather forecast for November looks like being Continue Reading →
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At long last our gardens enjoyed a good soaking and our lawns seemed to turn green again overnight. Hedges suddenly started growing again along with a multitude of weeds. Let’s hope October brings an ‘Indian Summer’ and we can carry on gardening comfortably for some weeks yet. We are busy planning various activities for members of the community – young Continue Reading →
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Garden notes for October 2022 After the drought of the summer in September we have been having a lot of rain, nearly 3” in the first 10 days of September. It has made the Discovery apples that have not been attacked by bird strike and wasps split their skin. It just shows how Nature repairs itself but makes us gardeners Continue Reading →
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Garden Notes for September 2022. As John Keats so famously wrote about autumn being the “Season of mists and mellow fruitfulness/ close bosom-friend of the maturing sun”, September sees the time when crops are usually harvested and stored for the winter months that are to come. As I write this in August when it is heartbreakingly dry and far too Continue Reading →
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Photos from this year’s Summer Show are now available to view in the Gallery and a list of results can be viewed here
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