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RAIN IN APRIL! We did have 3 dry days in March so finally got some planting done – onion sets and the first 2 packets of parsnip seeds...
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wllmsutherland
Sep 10, 20235 min read
Harvests and a Starring role
IN THE GARDEN In September the annual harvest gathers pace with many late nights spent preparing fruit and veg for the freezer. It really...
wllmsutherland
Aug 10, 20233 min read
Summer and Scythes!
IN THE GARDEN The rains continue and the pumpkin is loving it! Strawbs and thornless blackberries are finished but the blackcurrants are...
wllmsutherland
Jul 3, 20232 min read
June in the garden
Strawberries, new potatoes and fresh salad – by the bucketful. It's the summer so it must be nearly Wimbledon! We've had massive rainfall...
wllmsutherland
Jun 7, 20231 min read
A dry start to the busy growing season
The weather is dry, dry, dry and the garden is growing, growing and growing. We've finished the big job of scything the orchards and...
wllmsutherland
Aug 9, 20222 min read
July in the garden
Harvesting continues in the garden. All the black currants and gooseberries have been processed now – as always it's a much longer job...
wllmsutherland
Jul 6, 20221 min read
Summer is here!
At last the rains came and the garden bloomed! Salad, new potatoes and berries are now in full supply; the beans are shooting up their...
wllmsutherland
Jun 8, 20225 min read
Plants have sprung and summer nearly here.
It's the end of May, the garden is in full flow and there is lots to talk about. Weather has not been great – cold, dry and breezy - but...
wllmsutherland
Sep 6, 20212 min read
Summer's end - late August
In the garden, the twin activities of harvesting and tidying up continue. After several rounds of harvesting, the peas and French beans...
wllmsutherland
Aug 1, 20212 min read
Our Summer Garden 'Jungle' - late July
It's almost impossible to believe how the rush of summer growth turns bare soil into something more like very productive “jungle”! We are...
wllmsutherland
Jul 2, 20213 min read
A Garden in Full Bloom
What's to say about a garden in full bloom? Yes, we had a hard spell of very dry cool weather but deep soil and good shelter gave our...
Will Sutherland
Sep 12, 20204 min read
In the Garden – Fruit, Fruit, Fruit......Beans, Beans, Beans....
The time for planting and weeding is over – August is the time for harvest! All the fruit trees are heavily laden – so much so that one...
Will Sutherland
Aug 6, 20203 min read
Summer overflow!
Nature is burgeoning, blooming and over-flowing all over the garden. Even though this happens every year, it is still a re-assuring...
Will Sutherland
Jul 5, 20202 min read
Mid Summer Abundance in the Garden
It's mid-summer and the garden is full of good things growing! Weeds are pretty firmly under control – thanks to regular hoeing. After...
Will Sutherland
Aug 4, 20196 min read
Summer Life of the Garden
Each year brings its surprises – its sad failures and its magnificent successes. 2019 has been no different. Spring was a strange one –...
Will Sutherland
Oct 4, 20182 min read
THE DROUGHT IS OVER, THE SUMMER IS PAST AND THE HARVEST IS IN HAND!
It has been an unusual year (again!). Our spring sowing was almost immediately followed by 6 weeks of blazing sunshine - not a good...
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