How a garden saved my mental health
I didn't post last week as I feared my Six Green Things theme could only really be stretched to one blog post. But this week due to a lot of rain there are a lot of flowers out there again. I've also included the start of a a BIG project we've just undertaken. This is … Continue reading Six On Saturday – 12 September 2026
Very late posting this week as I wasn’t sure I was even going to post. I was under the impression that there was nothing of note worth photographing until I went out and had a look around after the last wave of rain rattled through. We’ve had a lot of rain up here and while … Continue reading Six On Saturday – 29 August 2026
Early start today as we’re having a party/house gig here later on today. So inevitably I have spent a large amount of time in the last week getting the garden ready for this. The garden is looking better than it has all summer thanks to two days of torrential rains, and me spending about 400 … Continue reading Six On Saturday – 22 August 2026
We’ve had a couple of spells of rain this week but nowhere near enough and so it’s been a week of watering that doesn’t seem to help (I’m trying to be mindful of drought in other parts of the country even though we’re technically not under a hosepipe warning here). So there’s very little creating … Continue reading Six On Saturday – 8 August 2026
Here we are again. Six On Saturday - a group of like minded people sharing six things from their gardens in the last week. We are led by Jim whose blog is here - go and check out his blog and read all the comments from SOS participants and have a look at their blogs … Continue reading Six On Saturday – 13 June 2026
Two weeks in a row - I'm on a roll! Here I am for another week of Six On Saturday, where a lovely community of gardeners, abley led by our host Jim, share six things from their garden this week. Please head over to Jim's blog to see what he's been up to this week. … Continue reading Six On Saturday – 30 May 2026
I've neglected Six On Saturday again - but there hasn't been a huge amount other than weeding going on out there and it's been very showery and grey for weeks up here in the North West of England. This weekend does seem to be marking a change though - lots of warm weather forecast for … Continue reading Six On Saturday – 23 May 2026
Today marked our first major planting session since we moved house. I’ve added a few plants here and there but this weekend we have done a B&M visit (very cheap but time will tell on the quality) and an RHS Bridgewater trip. I’ve replaced some favourites that didn’t survive the move and/or winter - Senetti, … Continue reading First planting session
I've been AWOL from Six On Saturday since the beginning of July and I have to admit I was a little vague and cryptic in most of my posts this year. I had good reason, which I can now talk about. Back in April, just as my spring displays were at their best and I … Continue reading Six On Saturday – 8 November 2025
Six on Saturday - join our host Jim and our lovely community of gardeners sharing six things from your garden in the last week. If you fancy joining in with us you can check out the particpants' guide too. Not much going on in my garden right now (for reasons I'll discuss soon) so just … Continue reading Six On Saturday – 21 June 2025
The Garrett Garden 