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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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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
Feb 82 min read
The New Zealand Experience
It's mid-summer in New Zealand – constant temperatures in the low 20s, harsh hot sun and, in Wellington, always the wind. Staying in Days...
wllmsutherland
Jan 41 min read
End of year news
It has been wet in the garden! The sun shone today, and I finally got around to attacking the compost heap. First job is to take off the...
wllmsutherland
Dec 18, 20231 min read
Winding down for Xmas
IN THE GARDEN It's wet and muddy and the season is over. When we finally have some dry frosty weather it will be time to tidy up, dig out...
wllmsutherland
Nov 7, 20232 min read
Autumn winds and Scythes of Ash
We have survived the violence of winter storms, bringing copious quantities of rain! It's almost the end of the gardening year. All the...
wllmsutherland
Oct 2, 20231 min read
Autumnal air in the garden
Autumn is certainly the “season of mellow fruitfulness”! We've harvested the plums, beans (runner and french) and pulled up the onions....
wllmsutherland
Sep 10, 20235 min read
Harvests and a Starring role
IN THE GARDEN In September the annual harvest gathers pace with many late nights spent preparing fruit and veg for the freezer. It really...
wllmsutherland
Aug 10, 20233 min read
Summer and Scythes!
IN THE GARDEN The rains continue and the pumpkin is loving it! Strawbs and thornless blackberries are finished but the blackcurrants are...
wllmsutherland
Jul 3, 20232 min read
June in the garden
Strawberries, new potatoes and fresh salad – by the bucketful. It's the summer so it must be nearly Wimbledon! We've had massive rainfall...
wllmsutherland
Jun 7, 20231 min read
A dry start to the busy growing season
The weather is dry, dry, dry and the garden is growing, growing and growing. We've finished the big job of scything the orchards and...
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
Feb 7, 20233 min read
Catching up with Winter tasks
Just back from New Zealand and it's time to press on with the vital winter tasks – pruning the soft fruits and espaliered trees and...
wllmsutherland
Nov 15, 20225 min read
Closed for Winter (mostly!)
The garden has but a few chicory and cabbages left in it, and the soil is having a rest. But meanwhile... FARMING DILEMMAS! Modern...
wllmsutherland
Oct 7, 20223 min read
Winding down in the garden
It's Autumn in the garden. Time for fungi, rain and autumn harvest. The wonders of nature are manifest in this magnificent rainbow and...
wllmsutherland
Sep 15, 20222 min read
August turns to September
The time for autumn harvest is here as we come to the end of the productive garden season. The rains have arrived too which will boost...
wllmsutherland
Aug 9, 20222 min read
July in the garden
Harvesting continues in the garden. All the black currants and gooseberries have been processed now – as always it's a much longer job...
wllmsutherland
Jul 6, 20221 min read
Summer is here!
At last the rains came and the garden bloomed! Salad, new potatoes and berries are now in full supply; the beans are shooting up their...
wllmsutherland
Jun 8, 20225 min read
Plants have sprung and summer nearly here.
It's the end of May, the garden is in full flow and there is lots to talk about. Weather has not been great – cold, dry and breezy - but...
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