I've never grown sunflowers so I had no idea what to expect back in April when I planted those out of date seeds and the speed with which they grew surprised me. I knew sunflowers were tall but I've never had the opportunity to watch something grow that quickly before. Fast forward from April to … Continue reading July – The Sunflower Diary
July
I'm going to split July into two entries - first our new raised bed and all the flowers that started blooming and secondly the sunflowers. I'll start with the raised bed we bought at the end of June. At the same time I ordered some plug plants so we would have something that had a … Continue reading July
June
June started much as May ended, me working and husband still on furlough. The weather had started to change a little, it was marginally wetter and we had less days of wall to wall sunshine. To be honest I didn't mind too much. I don't like the really hot weather and because I was working … Continue reading June
May – Part Two
May was definitely a month of two halves for me. The first two weeks were spent in much the same way I'd spent April. Furloughed and spending most of my time in the garden. Everything was coming to life and starting to flower and it was a fabulous place to be. I'd stopped watching television … Continue reading May – Part Two
May – Part One
So March and April were months of adjustment for the entire country. Everyone was learning to cope in a variety of ways. Most of the office based work force of the country retired to their homes and battled with broadband, setting up desks at home, finding a quiet space to work, juggling children being at … Continue reading May – Part One
April – Part Three
Before I move on to May I wanted to explain a little more of my feelings about lockdown and what it meant for me. A little background to explain why my garden became my whole world in such a short space of time. I'm a hypochondriac. Not in the clinical sense, it's not a diagnosis … Continue reading April – Part Three
April – Part Two
After the initial shock of furlough wore off I very quickly threw myself into a new daily routine. Routine is very important to me, I suffer with anxiety which is generally triggered when I feel things are falling out of my immediate control. Most notably, I have a dread of being late and/or being lost. … Continue reading April – Part Two
April – Part One
When lockdown first started I was working from home. I was really happy to be doing that. I'm not a particularly social person in the office, I sit with a lot of people who are much younger than me and though I love them all dearly, I don't really have much in common with them … Continue reading April – Part One
The Garrett Garden 