June is such a colourful month. Everywhere you look there are flowers and for us in the North, we have the extra daylight hours as well. Summer is upon us and in a couple of weeks it will be the Solstice – the turning point of the year when the sun stands still...
Usually May is a quiet and reliable month which gradually leads us into summer with longer days, warmer temperatures and blossom. The early leaves have sprung on most trees, butterflies are on the wing and if you look carefully, you will find wildflowers blooming in...
As I write this, it is almost Easter. The month is passing rapidly, and we will soon be in the middle of April. April is the month of great change in the garden, and in nature, and the biggest factor driving this change is sex – the urge to reproduce. It is...
February is the shortest month but as we have crammed so much into the month it feels as if it must have been at least six weeks long. A Busy Month We have had three poly tunnels erected despite the mixed weather which prevailed almost the entire time the team was...
As I write this, the late autumn rain is falling, and the wind is blowing hard but in the next few weeks we will reach the Winter Solstice – the turning point of the year! Winter Solstice Solstice comes from the Latin ‘sol’ – sun...