My Little Garden 19th November 2022 I’m writing this on Friday afternoon, and it seems there’s a little doubt as to whether I’ll be sharing on Twitter or Mastodon. If you fancy tooting rather than tweeting you can find me at the address of my new second home. @renaissancegd@mastodonapp.uk …

Post card from Tenerife There’s no blog about my little garden this week, because I’ve been in sunny Tenerife and there’s been no time, in daylight anyway, to take photos of my garden descending into late autumn. Just for a change though, I thought I’d share a few shots of…

My Little Garden 5th Nov 2022 So, here we are in November again. The bulbs are planted, except for the tulips, which have been waiting for the colder weather, and most of the garden is ready for a winter snooze. November has never been my favourite month as the days…

My Little Garden 29th Oct 2022 October can be a very beautiful month. It’s not just the leaves that turn those wonderful shades of red and gold, it’s also the intensity of the colours in the last flourish of autumn flowers. I love late season bloomers, and every planting scheme…

My Little Garden 22nd October Last weekend saw a major announcement on the Six on Saturday front with our leader of the last few years passing over his baton to someone new, namely Jim Stephens who ‘ruminates’ about all things gardening. https://gardenruminations.co.uk/2022 Now I have to confess, that I only…

My Little Garden 15th Oct 2022 The leaves are falling from the trees, bulb planting and autumn tidy ups have commenced, and I’m just hoping that it’s dry and cold enough for me to finish off most of my outdoor jobs by the end of October. …

My Little Garden 8th October 2022 Another week of heavy showers has meant that I’ve been concentrating on writing projects and the ‘paperwork’ part of various planting plans. When the rain occasionally stopped, diving (no pun intended) out into the garden was a welcome relief from the office. The garden…

My Little Garden 1st October 2022 I quite like the sight of ageing flowers, especially when they grow old gracefully like these rudbeckia. Despite not being part of the original back garden ‘colour palette’, they have dealt brilliantly with the drought, and I think they are probably here to stay…

My Little Garden 24th September 2022 Autum has well and truly arrived this week, complete with misty mornings and a vast array of spider webs, so I’m pleased to report that there are still plenty of flowers in the garden. I’d almost forgotten about Symphyotrichum novi-belgii ‘Winston S. Churchill’ (perhaps…