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1. Perennial power
Get Wokingham, Friday 10 October 2008The time has come to take inside any tender plants you treasure to ensure they are not caught by an early frost.
2. Autumn colour feast!
Get Wokingham, Friday 3 October 2008The 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.
3. Now’s the time to pull on the wellies – and garden
Get Wokingham, Friday 26 September 2008Last Monday saw the vernal equinox and from now until the spring our nights will be longer than the days.
4. Reading in bloom despite the gloom
Get Wokingham, Friday 26 September 2008These are the blooming marvellous people who helped make the borough blossom in one of the gloomiest summers on record.
5. Eat you way out of the credit crunch
Get Wokingham, Friday 26 September 2008You can’t escape the credit crunch – it’s even invaded British Food Fortnight, which started last Saturday and runs until Sunday, October 5.
This year the promoters are giving topical advice on how to eat British and save money during the credit crunch.
6. Former crack area blooms for Britain
Get Wokingham, Monday 8 September 2008The transformation of Foxglove Gardens from a haunt of crack dealers to a blooming beautiful place to live has been recognised in a regional competition.
7. Flower ’bout opening your garden to public?
Get Wokingham, Friday 8 August 2008It takes a particular kind of gardener to decide to open his or her garden to the public.
8. From now on it’s the killing fields at Chez Fort
Get Wokingham, Tuesday 19 August 2008My mission this weekend is to keep the vegetable patch going over the winter.
9. Make note of what is to be tackled... and when
Get Wokingham, Tuesday 26 August 2008August 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.
10. Cor – loads of courgettes!
Get Wokingham, Friday 18 July 2008My tiny vegetable patch is rejoicing in its first glut and it feels like a biblical year of plenty.