Sarah’s Monthly Snippets

As a child, September was all about new school shoes and fresh exercise books as the academic year began. In a way, the garden in September can be a bit like that too. It is a fresh start after the heat of the summer and a chance to plan for the seasons ahead. You don’t […]

What a difference a year makes. Last August, I wrote ‘After a warm and rainy July maybe August will prove a little more settled!’ This year, any precipitation would be a delight and I would love experience the sweet scent of summer rain in the garden. I am old enough to remember 1976 very well, […]