We had a busy day on Friday, not with customers unfortunately, sales were almost a non-event. Our occasional helper George came to finish trimming the native hedge ( having done the hornbeam one the day before). Terry, our volunteer, came

The weather forecast on Saturday was for heavy rain later in the day. Great I thought, I won’t need to do the watering. As the day went on there was no sign of rain and the poor plants were wilting.

We’ve had 2 cooler days which meant that I was able to do some potting and gardening yesterday. I was also able to skip a day of watering which was such a relief. There’s plenty of cutting back to do

Today I feel very privileged to have seen two separate, rare events. The first was while I was cooling off in the shade of the willow hedge (so I was fairly well hidden). I heard a green woodpecker calling and

I got the watering done then decided I must cut the seed heads from Geranium pratense ‘Mrs Kendall Clark’ before it seeds all over the place. I soon filled a wheelbarrow with weeds etc. But while I was in the

What  do nursery owners do on hot days? The main thing is the watering which is boring and repetitive but obviously has to be done. We do it by dragging round a hose with a lance on the end. We

Phew, it was hot today, 26 degrees in the shade and 39 degrees in the polytunnel, not a place to stay in unless doing some watering. It was Wimbledon finals today and after lunch Philip said that we might as

Well, I say, a hot day and more to come they say. Can we cope? I must admit that I soon wilt in this sort of heat and it gets difficult to do anything very much except the inevitable watering.