Sarah’s Monthly Snippets

Hurrah, the days are lengthening and there is more opportunity to get outside and get gardening as March progresses. It is a good time to plant all sorts of hardy plants from trees and shrubs to perennials, roses and climbers. Lots of fabulous new plants are arriving in the garden centres from now on, so […]

I cannot say I have enjoyed the meteorological stripes of alternating very mild wet and very dry cold weather so far this winter. The plants seem a little confused by it all too and I fear there may be some losses in my garden this year from cold or waterlogging, especially where plants have woken […]

It was clearly a mistake to comment on the mild autumn in my December column. My goodness it was cold for a while last month. Perhaps it is a case of shutting the stable door after the horse has bolted but here are a few of the things we do to winter proof our garden. […]

Can it really be December already? It has been so mild that I, for one, have hardly thought about preparing for Christmas yet. But with less than four weeks to go, I had better start making lists. I am always tempted to bringing living plants into my home for the festive period and beyond, and […]

Well, it has certainly been another mild autumn. My garden looks more like it should in September than the last week of October. We have experienced autumn rains after such a dry summer so the soil is nice and moist, making digging, planting and general gardening much easier. And, at risk of sounding like the […]