Set a Weed to catch a Weed.
Readers in America will have to forgive me some of this. I understand you have many 'invasives' and many people only wish to grow native plants. And I think many [...]
Readers in America will have to forgive me some of this. I understand you have many 'invasives' and many people only wish to grow native plants. And I think many [...]
I left home again. We went to gaze at and learn about erythroniums, this being the time of year to do that. And to have a day out. We went [...]
A portrait of John Sales by Charles Hawes. I have just heard that John Sales died in December. This is very sad news to me, but may mean [...]
This is Magnolia time. And every year there is some slight discord in this house as Charles insists he prefers (prefers, note) the bud to the blossom. Well, I [...]
I'm now going to bore you some more with my trip to Chipping Campden. See, I think about you all the time, even on holiday, and I thought you might [...]
It seems two of us have been on holiday. Rather a contrast - one of us to the desert, and me to -- Chipping Campden. Which is just about as [...]
If there’s one thing which obsesses most gardeners it’s filling up every available space in the garden. Preferably in layers. When I was a novice Christopher Lloyd terrified me [...]
Gardens Illustrated is 30 years old this year. I have a first copy, dated April/May 1993. It came out every two months from then. That was a real, delightful game [...]
Well, it’s frosty outside and the sun is shining and you probably want me to write about snowdrops. There’s a lot of snowdrop waffle at this time of year, (I’ve [...]
What is a gardener? Many years ago Charles would refuse to ‘own’ his part of the garden because he declared that he couldn’t properly claim to be a gardener. He [...]
Happy Christmas everyone!!! Though I am so sorry to hear about your weather. Now: Gardens take a long time to make. And most people’s garden are probably inherited, because we [...]
I recently wrote a post which was, I thought, perhaps unfair to Charles. Not pleased..... So I thought I would ask if I had been, and discuss whose [...]