December I always have mixed feelings about as I find it a month where there are so many distractions and so many things to do in the run up to Christmas that there is little time or even interest to so spend time in the garden . We have had the shortest day of the year on 21st December and from there on you have a little bit more light every evening and you realise those ancient people had their heads screwed on the right way when they invented a great festival around the time of the solistice , the shortest day of the year , a lot of eating […]
Monthly Archives: December 2024
My Gardening Month November 2024 … Walking the Wall and all that !
Gardening in November is not for the faint hearted ! That said you have the entire winter ahead and there is no pressure to get things done as there is no growth and I enjoy wandering out with a spade , secateurs and a wheel barrow tidying up as I go along , cutting back , hacking into the brambles as the mood takes me … no pressure then ! But there is no getting away from it … Winter is dull and duller in the garden and I think this photo I took last week of a clump of lilies in the Lower Field sums it up perfectly … […]