October is the month for clearing up in the garden and almost overnight you find sunsets at 6 pm and then of course the clocks go back and you don’t feel rather sinful to be hunkered down in front of the TV at 6 pm ! October is also the best time for planting new spring flowering bulbs although you can still get them in the ground safely in November I prefer if possible to do it in October and at this stage with a mature garden I really only plant two types of spring bulbs , a miniature daffodil called Tete a Tete and a white crocus Jeanne D’Darc […]
Monthly Archives: October 2024
My Gardening Month September 2024 … Building a Dancing Platform in the Front Garden !
September for me is always about memories of how fine the weather seemed to be when I was back in school in St. Mary’s in Clonmel looking wistfully out the window to glorious sunshine , distant memories I know but always halcyon days ! I love September in the garden , cool temperatures and balmy evenings , the grass mowing is reduced and now planning for next season … not serious planning more musing however where our front garden was concerned serious action was about to be taken as Peter Cullen was back on the scene available for work and there was a pond to be either repaired or a […]