Yesterday 7 friends from Reaseheath came over to help get the garden ready for NGS. Between us all we got most of the original cottage cleared up. Thank you to Mary T and Mary H, Isabelle, Advolly, Hilary, Brenda and Sandra. And to H&H for keeping us fed and watered all day.
Isabelle transforming the Libertia
Mary H weeding the cottage border.
Mary T and Advolly tackling the back polytunnel.
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