1. Veggie good way to be productive ’n’ ornamental

My father never wanted to go on holiday for a fortnight because it meant leaving the garden untended for too long.

2. Delight to see bugs become damselflies

This is such a fantastic time of year. There is a lot going on in our gardens and open spaces, the weather is generally pleasant and everywhere looks really nice.

3. Flamboyant flowers offer fab feast for floral judges

THE nights are warming and soon, within a week or two, the threat of frost will be behind us.

In the past, I have been eager to rush to the garden centre to buy bedding plants, impatient to get my summer show on display.

4. Hills Meadow trees reveal spring is here at last

At long last it is beginning to feel a little bit more spring-like and the growing season is getting under way.