This year I aim to reduce the impact of my gardening on the world around me by making small changes in how I garden and what I use in my garden. With sowing season just around the corner, this is the time I usually head out and pick up compost from the garden centre. Over…
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Keeping Garden Costs Down
We hope the world will return to something close to normal soon, but the financial legacy of the pandemic will be with us for a while yet in the form of increased costs. The rising costs will affect us in the garden, and anything requiring transportation or storage will cost more as fuel costs increase….
February Tasks 2022
February has been here for a couple of weeks, and we are heading towards spring. There are still things to do while the weather is cold, and most plants lay dormant, waiting for the ground to warm. February is usually a month of chilly mornings, hard frosts, and gloomy days; not much will germinate in…
Making the most of January sun
So far, January has been kind to gardeners who want to spend time outside. Each weekend has so far delivered sunny and relatively warm days. Winter in the East of England can be pretty unpredictable, so using these sunny days is essential so winter tasks can be done, especially those that benefit from less foliage….
The Start of a New Year
2022 is here, and it is a start of a new gardening season. It’s time to get on with plans for the year and start as I mean to go on.
Reflecting on 2021 and looking to 2022
2021 2021, like the year before, was disrupted by COVID-19, lockdowns and supply shortages but not by building work. This was the first growing season since our extension was completed allowing me to start seeing the space I will develop over the coming years. The Garden I have started to segment my front and back…
Holkham Hall Walled Gardens
Walled gardens have been a staple of large British stately homes for hundreds of years. In times when storing and transporting food was not easy, it was down to these households to produce the food they would eat and also the medicines they took to treat ill health. While walled gardens can trace their heritage…
Wells-Next-The-Sea
It has been effortless to stay at home over the past year, which, for many reasons, has been great. I’ve been able to get on with the house and garden, and I have been really pleased with how things have progressed. It is still essential to get out and search for inspiration. This weekend my…
Adding chickens to the garden
About two months ago, we headed out to a small farm just outside an idyllic Norfolk village. It was the sort of village that would have been written about in classic English literature, no paths, single-lane roads built for horse and cart, and cows grazing the common. The location would not be amiss in a…
My Gardening Journey 