There are usually sings of mice in the garden and polytunnels but this year they seem to be everywhere. Each time I go into the ...
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It appears that there  is a rumour that we are giving up the nursery. Its true that we are giving a lot of thought to ...
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It felt cool and autumnal this morning, cool enough to have to wear an extra layer of clothes. It was ideal for doing some potting ...
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On Friday we held our first ever coffee morning to raise funds for the charity Macmillan. Its a national event and lots of people invite ...
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I hadn't realised until recently that my aunt had trained at the Waterperry horticultural school for young ladies back in the early 1950's. When it ...
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The mini rush at the beginning of the month has now dwindled to tiny daily sales. There are still cheap plants to be had which ...
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Miscanthus 'Silberfeder' with verbena ...
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We have had an extended period without any significant rain and the garden is beginning to suffer. There are  deep cracks everywhere I look. I don't ...
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Over the years we have sold rather a lot of bamboos to hide an eyesore of some kind or another. Sometimes people have neighbours who ...
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Yesterday was a significant day because Philip's appointment for the results of all the tests was in the afternoon. After waiting for 3/4 hour to ...
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Each time I've done the watering during the last few months I've caught myself wondering why there were so many unsold plants in the sales ...
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It was maybe three years ago that my friend Felicity gave me a rooted cutting of a rose which she had rooted successfully herself but ...
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