Here we are in April. The spring bulbs have been glorious. I planted crocus, tulips and daffodils back in October and November and they have been so beautiful. They're nearly all gone now but we've had 6 weeks of fabulous colour. I think we're going to dig up the bulbs and store them away till … Continue reading April is here
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Mid March Update
Another four weeks have flown by. We're still in lockdown but the easing of restrictions is getting ever closer. We have just passed the one year anniversary for most of us who are working from home. I know it's been so hard for so many people, the mental strain of being apart from other people … Continue reading Mid March Update
January
Winter still hasn't really hit us hard here - but we have had much more frost and a few flurries of snow. The soil in the raised beds is solid and the lettuce and parsley had given up the ghost by the end of the month. The strawberries don't seem to notice or care about … Continue reading January
December
The first frosts arrived in December. Not many, but the odd morning of crisp white shimmer on the grass and bulbs. December is another month I rarely see the garden so it was lovely to be here. Feeding the birds, watching the skies full of clouds and rain. December would normally be a manic month, … Continue reading December
November
We have a cherry blossom tree in our garden, it's gorgeous but it's huge. This year growing so many vegetables and flowers has made us realise how much shade this tree throws onto the garden so we decided to give it a bit of a trim this year so towards the end of October we … Continue reading November
October
October was a funny old month. It felt warmer than September and despite the evenings drawing in we still spent some time out in the garden. We took a week off work at the beginning of October to do some tidying up in the garden - just starting to get everything ready for Autumn. We … Continue reading October
August – More of the same
Looking back on my photographs for August I can see that it rained. A lot. This makes me happy for two reasons - photographing rain drops on leaves and petals is wonderful and secondly the success of watering the garden is vastly improved if most of the water is falling out of the sky and … Continue reading August – More of the same
July – The Sunflower Diary
I've never grown sunflowers so I had no idea what to expect back in April when I planted those out of date seeds and the speed with which they grew surprised me.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
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
The Garrett Garden 