I graduated from the Open University in July with a First Class Honours in Combined STEM, after 6 years of part time study. We celebrated with a day out to Clumber Park to see their walled garden, & their national collection of apples which was spectacular. Seeing all of the cordons and espaliers really inspired […]
It looks like I’ve missed out the whole of May! I mostly spent it completing final uni assignments and studying for my exam, which is now done, and I am officially done with my degree! 6 years or part time study, I don’t know what to do with myself now, but I’ve definitely reached my
Well I’m really not doing well with keeping up with the blogging, it’s the end of April already! It’s been unseasonably warm and dry, and I haven’t had a single bit of slug damage this year to anything I’m growing *Touches wood furiously*. Last year I used slug nematodes which did a great job, but
Well things are well underway in the garden! I have a spare room full of chillis and tomato plants. Now that the risk of frost has diminished for the next few weeks at least there are already peas planted out, some spring cabbage, early potatoes went in last week under fleece. Just the last few
Suddenly it’s March, and the sun is actually out, hello old friend, I had forgotten what you look like! While it’s getting quite busy in the greenhouses with early hardy veg sowing, the gardens are still only just starting to wake up. The soil is still cold and we’ve had some night frosts, but daffodils,
Well January seemed to last about 75 days as it usually does, but the weather is starting to pick up, the nights are getting visibly shorter, and I’m starting to get excited about the garden. At the end of January I won a little photo competition (with the echinops image from last months blog entry)
The overwhelming theme of this week is… cold! Can you see the two ladybirds sheltering in the frosty Echinops? We have had lots of snow here in Cheshire, and with frozen ground too there has not been a massive amount able to be done in the gardens. Some apple tree restoration pruning, trying to get
This is my first post on my new gardening blog/diary thing I’ve decided to try and keep during 2025. To try and keep all my garden plans, thoughts, timings, successes and failures etc noted down, so I can learn from my mistakes, and maybe share some of my knowledge with anyone who is curious. About
