Last weekend, for the second year running, my daughter Jemila and I went on a coach trip to the BBC Gardener’s World Live event at the BirminghamNEC. It’s a wonderfull exhibition of flowers and plants with talks from garden experts such as Carol Klein and Monty Don… We had a great day and returned home,…
Tag: flowers
Giant Poppy
This morning I went outside and saw a bright red spot in a sea of green and white! Have you ever seen a large poppy like this one? It is so wonderful to see some colour in the garden again. Soon we will have bees buzzing around our wild flowers like poppies, daisies and cornflowers.
Seed Management At The Villas
This is a post from Guestblogger Bridget Elahcene. Bridget writes about her Life At The Villas (@lifeatthevillas) Seed Catalogues Buying seeds surely has to be one of the most exciting parts of growing your own. Tantalising seed catalogues arrive in the post with colourful pictures of perfect produce… Many an hour of a winter evening have…
Tropical Friday
India I hear the wind howling around the house and the rain slashing against the windows. I put another log on the wood burner and think about the incredible heath I experienced in India last February in the hope the memory will be enough to warm me. Tropical Friday So I declare this first Friday…
Green Manure
I have sown yellow mustard to use as green manure. At the end of winter I will dig it in the soil but for now the bright yellow flowers are providing in a different way.