The garden themometer dropped to minus 2.2C overnight - it was still only 0C at 10am. We brought the Dicksonia in last night and I covered some of the marginal plants with plastic bell cloches just in time.
Beautiful day today - makes winter almost enjoyable when it's still, bright and sunny.
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