The professional pruner brought some tools and some loppers and proceeded to lop off my roses in a most frightening manner. All I could do was to stand by and watch helplessly. […]
Bougainvillea and Petrea come into flower at exactly the same time in spring. And they give a glorious display with their mountains of red and purple flowers side by side. […]
There were fat buds all over the clematis, peeping out from every possible corner and crevice. And overnight they burst open into this spectacular display of blue flowers. […]
When I checked the results after he left it seemed as if he had used a hedge cutter on my roses. It looked like a massacre. A fiasco. My beautiful rose canes had been chopped off mercilessly. […]
We gardeners know that gardening is therapeutic. It isn't news to us. Gardens have always been places where you can reconnect with nature in an atmosphere of peace and tranquility. Now a rehabilitation Centre in Surrey has started a gardening therapy project for recovering servicemen. […]
Daffodils are my favourite spring flowers. They bring a splash of sunshine to any garden or patio. And they start to bloom when the garden is dull and still recovering from winter. As the poet Shelley wrote: “If winter comes can spring be far behind? As you know, gardeners always have to think and plan […]
Pickled cucumbers add zest to any meal. And when you can make them so easily and quickly there is no reason to be without them. In my previous post, Cucumbers by the Dozen, I described how I had harvested tons of cucumbers from only six seeds. Well this is how I made use of at […]