BBC Two are launching a competition to find pairs of gardeners - a couple, siblings, neighbours - for a new TV competition. As I understand it it's loosely based on the Great British Bake Off idea - you work together to grow wonderful produce and show how you use it.
The deadline is 8th March - so go for it!
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