As the green fades to brown in the garden and the yellow rattle finishes shedding its seeds, early August is the right time for mowing the wildflower garden. Traditionally, meadows were mown to provid...

With parts of the allotment looking like green cobwebs and others flattened by inclement weather, 2021 has not produced the aesthetic effect I’d hoped for in the garden. On the other hand, wildlife ha...

I’m standing in the garden on a hot, sticky day in June just pondering. Something’s definitely not right. After the months of careful planting and weeding, I should be able to relax now that everythin...

Like a bad Hollywood sequel, April’s drought was followed swiftly by May’s deluge and that cold wind still blustered on, dampening my enthusiasm for a spot of gardening. The weather had the opposite e...