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RAIN IN APRIL! We did have 3 dry days in March so finally got some planting done – onion sets and the first 2 packets of parsnip seeds...
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wllmsutherland
Apr 32 min read
Headlines heading into Spring
IN THE GARDEN It's wet in the garden and I'm struggling to find a way to barrow out the compost before getting the rotavator going again...
wllmsutherland
May 7, 20231 min read
In the garden - May 2023
IN THE GARDEN It's still very cold and mice have been munching through the sweet corn and sweet pea seedlings in the greenhouse! On the...
wllmsutherland
Apr 3, 20231 min read
Early spring in the garden
The wet weather has been a bit of a pest as we try to get the garden ready for spring. Finally we've had a couple of dry days – enough to...
wllmsutherland
May 4, 20223 min read
April showers? Alas not!
It has been a long cold spring in the garden and it's now desperate for rain! We've just finished our first SS course of the year (and...
wllmsutherland
Mar 31, 20223 min read
March Days
We have passed the spring equinox now and the pace in the garden is slowly picking up. There is still tidying to be done and, while the...
wllmsutherland
Mar 4, 20221 min read
Early sowings
Suddenly we seem to have reached March! The artichokes are doing what artichokes do but, more exciting, we have new blossom on the...
Will Sutherland
May 30, 20212 min read
It's growing in the garden!
Yes, the garden is growing and the sun is shining. The harvesting of wonderful salad has taken over from the cutting of succulent...
Will Sutherland
May 1, 20213 min read
WHAT HAPPENED TO THE SPRING?
It seems that the mysteries of global warming have brought us the driest and coldest April for 50 years – and the plants have hated it....
Will Sutherland
Apr 3, 20213 min read
April in the garden
This month my dear old little workhorse rotavator has been busy again, preparing beds for spring planting and knocking the emerging “City...
Will Sutherland
Jun 2, 20204 min read
May in the Garden
Sunshine and more sunshine – has been the story of May in the garden. But the breezes have been cool and some of the nights downright...
Will Sutherland
May 5, 20203 min read
An ideal spring ?
The broccoli was (and is) great. We've enjoyed sumptuous green shoots almost every other day now – and there are 22 bags safely stored...
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Apr 4, 20201 min read
The garden is waking up!
At last – dry weather, fresh broccoli and lots of seeds already sown. Spring is on the way and the primroses are sweetly blooming. ...
Will Sutherland
Jun 13, 20192 min read
Poem from the Spring Garden
The seeds have spouted, sucking in the air Transforming its carbon without a care Powered by sunlight and the soil below Together it's...
Will Sutherland
May 9, 20195 min read
Spring 2019 course brewed a good batch!
It's exciting when a new course begins on a Friday to imagine the interesting people (the students) I'm going to be working with in the...
Will Sutherland
Apr 2, 20193 min read
Use the “Force” - make your own bread and begin to change the world!
This month we are talking about spring in the garden - but you don't need a garden to experience the “force” of life! Anyone can make...
Will Sutherland
Mar 24, 20193 min read
Spring is here and the first seeds are in the ground
Salad crops, courgettes and pumpkins are now germinating in the greenhouse. Potatoes, parsnips and celeriac are already under the...
Will Sutherland
Jul 30, 20181 min read
SO THE SNOW IS CLEARING AND THE SUN IS SHINING AGAIN
Somehow the winter seems to have rushed past - so fast in fact that I have not had time to update this site! Apologies. The garden is...
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