221. Perennial power

Get Wokingham, Friday 10 October 2008

The time has come to take inside any tender plants you treasure to ensure they are not caught by an early frost.

222. Autumn colour feast!

Get Wokingham, Friday 03 October 2008
The tree that colours most attractively in my garden is the Amelanchier canadensis, an extraordinarily pretty little tree which earns its keep with flowers and berries in my tiny back garden.

223. Now’s the time to pull on the wellies – and garden

Get Wokingham, Friday 26 September 2008

Last Monday saw the vernal equinox and from now until the spring our nights will be longer than the days.

224. Reading in bloom despite the gloom

Get Wokingham, Friday 26 September 2008
These are the blooming marvellous people who helped make the borough blossom in one of the gloomiest summers on record.

225. Former crack area blooms for Britain

Get Wokingham, Monday 08 September 2008

The transformation of Foxglove Gardens from a haunt of crack dealers to a blooming beautiful place to live has been recognised in a regional competition.

226. Make note of what is to be tackled... and when

Get Wokingham, Tuesday 26 August 2008

August is a good time of year to go out into the garden with a notebook and write down every one of your mistakes and failures.

227. From now on it’s the killing fields at Chez Fort

Get Wokingham, Tuesday 19 August 2008

My mission this weekend is to keep the vegetable patch going over the winter.

228. Flower ’bout opening your garden to public?

Get Wokingham, Friday 08 August 2008

It takes a particular kind of gardener to decide to open his or her garden to the public.

229. Good scents prevail – as borough blooms blossom

Get Wokingham, Tuesday 29 July 2008

The borough council’s parks and gardening staff have been giving me great pleasure recently.

230. Cor – loads of courgettes!

Get Wokingham, Friday 18 July 2008

My tiny vegetable patch is rejoicing in its first glut and it feels like a biblical year of plenty.