To The Walled Nursery in Hawkhurst on a baking Sunday afternoon. Someone forgot to send the weather the memo that this is England, and it’s supposed to be chucking it down every August bank holiday weekend. People caught up with, and plants bought.
Read moreEGO Power+ HT5100E battery powered hedge trimmer
My hedgecutter of choice is petrol powered – efficient and reliable, but also a cumbersome gas guzzler. Over the last few weeks, instead of this tried and trusted machine, I threw myself in at the deep end and took a battery powered alternative. Read on to discover how I got on.
Read moreA day in the life of... Gardens, Weeds & Words
A week's getaway in a tiny cottage on the very doorstep of my favourite garden. Could hardly be better!
Read moreA day in the life of... Gardens, Weeds & Words
Rain stops play. Caught in a pincer movement between an unusually gloomy, wet summer and waterproofs that aren't. Highly annoying.
Read moreJune & July in the garden
The year is flying. We’re already weeks past midsummer, the days are beginning to draw in and early morning mists have arrived. June whisked by so fleetingly, Hampton Court was upon me before I knew it and I didn’t have time for a review of that month, so I hope you’ll excuse a double shot in this post. And before you ask, no, my yoga practice is still non-existent. Though I have been leant a kettlebell, which so far I have carried from the car to the front room. That should do it.
Read more