Our 2021 Garden (28.2.21)

Today is the last day of meteorological winter, and so tomorrow is the first day of meteorological spring. It’s a … More

Our 2021 Garden. (18.2.21)

Let’s not get carried away here! The snow has gone, and the “monthly outlook” on the BBC weather site seems … More

It’s Saturday morning, about 0930, and it’s raining. The forecast suggests that it’ll keep raining until it starts sleeting and … More

Every time it snows – which in truth isn’t all that often even in West Yorkshire – the temptation is … More

To anyone who knows about the cultivation of Irises, this runs the risk of being seriously boring. I know very … More

I tried this sort of sequence of postings last year, and it all fell apart somehow . We’ll have another … More

I’ve never attempted to grow Hyacinths before. We’ve bought them of course, and enjoyed that wonderful scent, but this year … More

It was early March. The rain seemed finally to have stopped, a least for a while, and I decided, as … More

Different things, but with a definite biological link! We have in the garden the stump of an old apple tree … More

Kay and I spent a long weekend just north of Berwick, partly in celebration of her birthday. We know that … More