I spend all winter dreaming of my perfect garden. I put things in place to improve on last year. Mistakes were learnt from. I carefully selected seeds and dug sodden, cold dirt and carefully removed all trace of weed so this one would be the best season ever. The plants are planted with care and start to really get going and there is a hint … Continue reading Someone stuck a festive period in the middle of my growing season.
Having a holiday in the middle of the growing season is possibly the craziest thing that happens to gardener. But we all do it. – Well most of us. We set up irrigation systems to make things easy for the minder and offer any veggie that come ripe to the temporary caretakers of our seasons work. But the only person who is truly passionate about … Continue reading Sometimes I ask myself why I bother gardening…. Alternative title: A joyful return from holiday.
I spend all year with great expectations about how wonderful my garden is going to be, and what improvements I’ll make and what I’ll do with the produce and how it’s just all going to be perfect. And it should be – I put in a lot of planning and hard work. But our summer is in the worst part of the year for the … Continue reading Due to circumstances beyond my control…
