Planting Out

Seasonal tips, growing guides, and honest lessons from seven years of trial and error.

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Hellebores catching the early March sunshine in the garden
Seasonal Updates

Trying to keep on top of all the March jobs

2026-03-11

March always seems to be the point when the garden suddenly starts asking a lot from you all at once. There’s still winter tidying to finish,…

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Mud, dahlias and finally getting the furniture out
Growing & Planting

Mud, dahlias and finally getting the furniture out

2024-05-06

Early May has arrived with all the promise of the season and quite a lot of mud. We had a proper thunderstorm here and the ground was so claggy I did question my timing on planting out dahlias, but in they went.

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April jobs everywhere and still somehow more planting
Growing & Planting

April jobs everywhere and still somehow more planting

2024-04-22

April always seems to be the month when the garden decides it wants everything from you at once. There are seedlings to plant out, supports to sort, weeds to tackle, roses to get in and a general sense that you need to be everywhere at the same time.

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