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1. Weed meet again – time to take on perennial pests
Get Wokingham, Friday 27 February 2009Spring is just around the corner and it’s an exciting time in the vegetable garden.
2. Pulmonarias are absolute stalwarts of the border
Get Wokingham, Friday 27 February 2009The pulmonaria was a plant I fell in love with very early on in my gardening life. Its common name – lungwort – must be one of the ugliest ever, but the plant itself has an unshowy beauty which has always pleased.
3. Jackdaws are the chattering class of birds
Get Wokingham, Friday 27 February 2009It’s not something I do very often and I am going somewhere so far away I am not going to know a single bird plant or animal, but there will be loads of them.
4. All things bright and bee-autiful!
Get Wokingham, Friday 20 February 2009At last flowers have put in an appearance. The first I noticed were some winter aconites on the edge of a woodland, a wildflower without equal, providing colour for us and nectar for any emerging insects.
5. Go Organic: Shallots to do
Get Wokingham, Friday 20 February 2009If like me you are itching to get started with this year’s gardening then why not plant a few shallots this weekend?
6. Hellebores are heavenly
Get Wokingham, Friday 20 February 2009Spring is really on its way when the hellebores start to unfurl and open their exotic blooms.
7. Rural Reading – identify birds by their songs
Get Wokingham, Friday 13 February 2009I can't complain about the weather, I like it when it does interesting things. And it certainly has been interesting, if not challenging, over the last two weeks.
8. Recession brainwave – allotment in garden!
Get Wokingham, Friday 13 February 2009The snow on the grass has almost melted but as I write it is just beginning to snow again.
9. Go Organic - A living plant is perfect to mark Valentine’s day
Get Wokingham, Friday 13 February 2009Tomorrow is, of course, the feast day of St Valentine. No one needs reminding because we all have it drummed into us incessantly by the card shops and florists and even indeed by newspapers.
10. It’s a time to give the wildlife a helping hand
Get Wokingham, Friday 06 February 2009Even I have to admit that it hasn’t been much of a week for gardening. The cold and snow will have kept all but the foolhardy off their plots.
