Since I last wrote we have been getting some jobs done and we are more or less on top of things. We had the help of the lovely George (no not the cat) who came for a day to help

Is it really summer? Sitting here at 7am looking out at grey skies and damp ground doesn’t fill me with any kind of motivation to get to work and find things to do (there are always things to do but

It may not feel like summer what with the endless rain this last couple of weeks and cool evenings but everything is growing at an alarming rate. The weeds in particular have been very difficult to control.  My two helpers

Sometimes, on a sunny day, there might be a customer who says that they wish they had my job. It never happens when it’s cold and wet and windy, surprise, surprise! Depending on how I’m feeling I might say that

While I was watering the other day I came to the conclusion that it’s an activity which makes me anxious. There are many reasons for this but mainly it’s due to the number of different things which seem to need

The soil is almost soupy. Its certainly sludgy, sticky, claggy and just about impossible to work. Oh deary deary me, who would opt to have clay soil especially after the amount of rain we’ve had this year? We measure our

I’ve clicked off all the spam so now I’m ready to write. The bungalow across the road from where we live is soon to be a development site. There are clumps of snowdrops which would end up being destroyed so

Its that time of year again when I realise just how lucky I am because my collection of different snowdrops has increased thanks to the generous galanthophile from Northampton. She turned up early the other morning clutching a carrier bag

After the floods on 9th April we were seriously waterlogged. There was no chance of working in the garden because it was just too soggy. But since that day it has been dry and mostly cold and grey. The ground

Our ‘meeter and greeter’, George (the cat) has been on his winter holidays at home since just before Christmas. He is a different animal when he is here, doesn’t like to go out, needs a litter tray and is fussier