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Since this is my first blog post, I will start by introducing myself.
I have been designing gardens for over 30 years – it was originally a way of working part-time while my children were small, and has developed over time into a business that takes up most of my life.
Forget flaming June, this is super flipping sizzling Scorchio! I can’t remember a mid summer this hot since 1976. That year I got myself in rather hot water when I filled up my paddling pool and threw all my teddies and soft toys in it with me!
Exciting times in the Veg. Garden this year! Established in the Sixties, the Veg. Garden has remained almost unchanged for all this time. This season we have decided to make some major changes to the layout of the beds with the addition of some permanent structures...
January, usually not the most exciting month in the vegetable garden. Other than preparing the ground when the weather allows and a bit of general maintenance, there is still some waiting to do before the planting season can get started.
It’s been such an unusually mild, dry May this year in my, normally cool and wet, Cheshire garden. My plants have been happily galloping away. I’ve been planting-out like there’s no tomorrow, and I’m thinking, if this continues, I’ll be reaching full-on flowery Nirvana in no time at all.