April is a wonderful month for any garden. Each day seems to bring more life, colour and interest from leaves and flowers, insects and pond life, to the birds preparing to rear their first broods of the year or arriving back from their winter homes.
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As the first month of spring it is full of hope and anticipation of the new growing season to come. However, gardeners need to be aware that it can also be a tricky month as far as the weather is concerned!
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What can I say that’s good about February, a month which sees the end of winter but one that is often full of weather surprises many of which are not entirely welcomed by gardeners who are desperate for spring to arrive.
Posted on February 04, 2022
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Well here we are at the start of another gardening year hopefully full of optimism for what lies ahead in the garden if still very apprehensive about the continuing pandemic in the world at large.
Posted on January 04, 2022
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December is not considered to be a great month by many gardeners with its short days, cold and often unpredictable weather and plenty of other things to occupy the mind and time!
Posted on December 17, 2021
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November can be a dull and damp month when many gardeners are not so keen to spend too much time outside. However, on the better weather days there is always something to tempt us into the garden or at least to enjoy views of from inside in the warm and dry.
Posted on October 29, 2021
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The month for autumn colour is nearly upon us again and let’s hope that 2021 is a ‘good’ colour year when the right weather conditions such as night frosts and sunny days combine to produce a spectacular show.
Posted on September 29, 2021
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Well here we are at the end of an August which just seems to have flown by. It is a time for harvesting and perhaps storing produce from the vegetable and fruit beds and, as the days shorten, to watch out for the first signs of the rich autumn colours to come.
Posted on September 01, 2021
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As all our thoughts begin to turn to August I can’t help thinking what a July we have had. Some much needed rain in the first part of the month followed by the gloriously hot, sunny and dry spell- too hot for some, I think.
Posted on August 08, 2021
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Well here we are in July with already half the year gone and our gardens hopefully in their high-summer colours and scents. There is still lots of garden work to be done in July but with the long summer evenings we can enjoy all that the garden has to offer.
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At this point in time I thought it would be a good idea to review the blogs of the last twelve months for those of you who might wish to revisit certain ones or for people who are coming to the blogs for the first time.
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My month by month RHS book tells me that June is the month when the garden hits its peak as borders look perfect and the summer vegetables and soft fruit are flourishing. If only this was true for all our gardens but at least it is something to aim for.
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