June in the garden

After a couple of way too hot to get anything done in the garden . We had cooler weather over the weekend and I've cleared a few areas of annuals, raked and pulled and raked . Euphorbia deadheading is under way ! A few jobs done...

May in the garden

A few spring things and a new garden helper

Josephine my eight week old garden apprentice...this will take awile

First bulbs

February in the garden

...or not in the garden ! I did take my first crunchy steps this morning .  

A good deep boot print .

 

Gardening in the winter

This time of year I pull out books by my favorite garden writers .  Usually  I read a chapter  before I go off to sleep at night.  I've started re reading ' My Garden in Autumn and winter ' by E.A. Bowles  and ' An all the year garden' by Margery Fish . I skipped straight to the winter chapters . 
Both of these gardeners spent a great deal of time " well wrapped " enjoying , taking stock, and working in the winter garden  . 

" Of course some people  don't want to go into the garden in the winter"  that  from Margery Fish  ,   Walter her husband didn't . 

 I can be a bit that way . I usually leave things till  there is a nice sunny clear day in March . I don't get on with  a" wrapping up" and I hate the damp, cold and grey. 

But, inspired by these two gardeners of the past , I  have  been pushing myself to get out " wrap up" and get out there.

So I've  started  pulling, snipping and raking . Gathering armloads of dead stuffing and filling all my big buckets ... it's  not so bad after all , but it was dry today.