After a February fill-dyke of too much rain, we turn the page in John Clare’s Shepherd’s Calendar only to find that March wildly comes with its many weathers, bringing with it a cautious Spring.
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Growing Flowers From Seed
With the turn of the year the gardener’s ‘sap’ rises. Though it’s too cold yet to be sowing most seeds, I warm myself with dreams of hot summer days to come with colourful border displays.
Into Autumn with John Keats
September 21st and into Autumn. It would not be complete without John Keats’s Ode. True to form our garden is into some mellow fruitfulness.
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How do you garden in dry conditions? Beth Chatto had some solutions. I have tried out some of them in my own garden.
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