Top Garden Trends for 2015

In the world of fashion for Spring 2015, navy is the ‘new black’, the pattern is gingham and the style of jacket is ‘kimono cool’. A couple of months ago I brought a kimono style jacket for a change and I am delighted to be ‘kimono...

Jobs to do in the Garden in October….

Autumn is is finally here this week, after a last blast of summer warmth.  The clocks will go back at the end of the month which I loath – all that lost time in the garden!  So it is time to begin work on putting the garden to bed for the winter whilst the...

Jobs to do in the Garden in September……

I love autumn – the “season of mist and mellow fruitfulness”, and the crisp cool mornings.  But summer is still having its final fling in Edinburgh. We are busy harvesting carrots, beetroot and salad crops, and our neighbours have a surfeit of runner...

Jobs to do in the Garden in April…

In my March summary of jobs in the garden I said “…winter can still have the last word…”.  Unfortunately, I was proved right. It feels the garden is still in hibernation and just waiting for some warm weather to burst into spring. So many of...