Journal

Journal

Things to do in August

Things to do in July

The best plants and bulbs for a grave

The five plants I would never plant in my garden

Things to do in June

Things to do in May

Gardeners' World 2 for 1 Entry

Should you be deadheading your daffodils?

National Gardening Week starts on 28 April

The quick and easy way to dead-head daffodils

Things to do in April

Things to do in March

Garden Waste

Things to do in February

What I learned from the Harcourt Arboretum Coppicing Course

Things to do in January

What on earth do you buy a professional gardener?

Local Garden Centres & Plant Nurseries to Visit

Time to put away your watering cans

Things to do in December

Things to do in November

Things to do in October

It is September so... recycling, student gardeners and our nemesis... slugs & snails

Postcard from the Barbican Centre

Things to do in September

My A-Z of Deadheading for Common Garden Flowers

Homemade Elderflower Cordial

Dare you join in with No Mow May?

Cordless Secateurs are a definitely not the answer to your problem

Stumped when it comes to removing a small stump?

How to use an eraser to keep your secateurs clean

Sprouts and spaghetti is a match made in heaven that sprout haters should give a go

The easy way to cut back an overgrown Pampas Grass

Dividing Perennials - an easier way

Postcard from the fading Manor House garden

Postcard from the Green & Gorgeous Open Day

Confusion reigns when it comes to winter washing and pruning apple and pear trees

My Year of 2022 Gardening In Numbers

Heaven is a leaf sweeper

Twas the night before Christmas, not a creature was stirring ... apart from me booking training courses

It's beginning to look a lot like a greenhouse again

Harvesting last years leafmould

The Sceptical Gardener is an essential book for any gardener's library

Postcard from the Kingston Bagpuize House

Postcard from the Hare Hill

Get your leafmould cage ready

What I have learned about trimming hedges

Postcard from the Snowdrop Woods of Welford Park

Sloe Gin really is Christmas in a bottle

Potato on pizza is a match made in heaven

Finding gold in the compost bin

Making a Mexican Lasagne with the last of the sweetcorn

Postcard from Broughton Grange

Three reasons why are used coffee grounds bad for your plants

What on earth can you do with a Cauliflower in the height of summer?

I have gone all Poldark and decided to swap the strimmer for a scythe

Postcard from the East Hagbourne's National Garden Scheme Open Gardens

Postcard from Wytham Woods

7 things I discovered in December's Gardeners' World

10 things I learned from the experts at David Austin Roses

Explaining... Friable Soil

Dhalias - Lift or stick?

Understanding shade in an unfamiliar garden

Postcard from West Dean Gardens

Weed of the Month - Herb robert

What I learned about Tree ferns from the RHS Podcast

10 Things I Learned from the Fruit Pruning Workshop

Postcard from Rousham Gardens

Local Gardening Clubs & Societies

Homemade Redcurrant Cordial

Gooseberry and Elderflower Muffins

Landscaping Materials Suppliers

Hagbourne Garden Club - Plant Sale

Highlights from April's RHS Garden Magazine

Shining a light on shade

Hagbourne Garden Club - Growing Vegetables in a Small Garden

Postcard from St. Timothee

Postcard from Harcourt Arboretum

Hagbourne Garden Club - Blewbury Manor Through the Seasons

Autumn on a plate

The Garden without a Journey

The Garden without a Journey

Postcard from my week

Postcard from The Japanese Tea Garden

Postcard from Abbeywood Estate, Cheshire

What I have learned from my first year as a gardener

The Autumn Cookbook

Postcard from RHS Wisley

Oxford's Window Boxes

Chocolate Courgette Loaf Cake

Postcard from Oxford's Window Boxes

South Stoke Open Gardens

I'll have a stake with my tree please

Harwell Village Produce Show

Abbeywood Estate, Delamere - Cheshire

Thames Valley Air Ambulance Open Gardens

Postcard from Las Vegas

Las Vegas

My A-Z of Insects

The Wilderness Garden

The Forgotten Garden

Didcot Allotment Society AGM

Leek & Goat's Cheese Crêpes

The Front of House Garden

The not so secret weapon for deterring whitefly from your precious crops

Hagbourne Garden Club - Plant Design & Herbaceous Borders (Thu 28 March)

DAS and Sustainable Didcot Seed Swap (Sat 16 March)

The tools I use (and those I don't)

Knowing your mid-winter from your late summer

Now is the time to check your wisteria supports

The trees are listening to every word you say

Bee friends with those pesky weeds

Local gardens worth visiting

DAS and Sustainable Didcot Seed Swap (Thu 24 Jan)

Don't throw away unwanted plants, swap them!

Gardening Blogs & Websites worth visiting

Everyone loves a bargain!

Cooking

Anyone for Blewbury Tart?

Gnocchi with courgette, mascarpone & spring onions

Leek, thyme and lemon stuffing

Mr B's Damson Jam

Welcome to Plot No. 42

Results of the Olla experiment

Making watering less of a chore by using Ollas

Radishes and me don't agree

Hi ho, Hi ho, it is off to the allotment we go

Podcasts worth listening to

Using old ladders as vegetable supports

Support your tomatoes!

Tomato supports at Waterperry Gardens

TV programmes worth watching

Frost dates for Didcot and the surrounding area

My A-Z of Weeds

YouTube channels worth watching