A very quick post to say that the bluebells are out and looking very pretty. The bluebell woods are just beyond the meadow - there's a mown track through which leads straight into the woods
Don't forget it's our NGS open day on Sunday - £4.00 per adult, all proceeds to the National Garden Scheme charity
On cushions, caterpillars, cats and fidgeting....
On the joy of not cutting back in autumn.
Several years ago I hosted a propagation workshop and we explored the topic of growing plants from seed. I talked about seeds waiting for the right moment to germinate, knowing that winter had passed, measuring the temperature or daylength, and sensing when they were at the right depth to break
Years ago at a National Garden Scheme event I got chatting to another garden owner about re-vamping tired borders. I explained that I was trying to carve out some pockets of space in an overcrowded bed, to add in some earlier colour. She shook her head slowly. ‘You won’t