My PC is being packed this morning. The weather station is coming down at the weekend. It's time for the 'Weekend Gardener' diary to close and make way for a new perspective on the horticultural world at http://www.lodgelanenursery.blogspot.com
I'll come back to the house next week to tidy up the garden and take some final pictures. I'll write a proper 'thanks and adios' then.
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