I harvested the Bramley Seedling cooking apples from the espalier tree in my small Lewes garden recently. After a slice of apple pie, I thought back over the year and was glad to have watched the process that led…
My little apple tree has been a source of pleasure all year and this weekend its season reached its climax with an unusually large amount of bright red fruit ready for picking here in my Lewes, UK, garden. This is…
Yesterday, I went with some friends to see Vera Sackville-West’s spectacular gardens at Sissinghurst Castle, about an hour’s drive from my place. I took a lot of photographs and hope to publish a blog about the day later this week.…
When I left for a week in Lisbon in mid April, my Lewes garden was mostly daffodils and budding tulips and, of course, my much loved camellia. When I returned, there had been one of those great seasonal shifts…
My camellia is having its best year so far here in my Lewes, UK, garden – it has stopped sulking after a repotted it three years ago and, this year, it is actually telling me that I am forgiven.…
There’s a lot of yellow out there through my window. When the sun is shining too, I’m truly convinced that my garden is wishing us all a Happy Easter with a golden burst of daffodils just as the…
Yesterday was cold in a poncey, Southern English kind of way – you know, a slight frost in the morning, some condensation on my study window (I’ve turned off the radio in my Bonsai tree’s interest), clear skies (almost)…
When Hurricane Gonzalo blown down my rose trellis, my small Lewes garden became impenetrable. (See last week’s blog) I’m waiting to get a new, strong trellis erected out there but it won’t be until December so I’ve done my best…
We’ve been having a superb summer here in Lewes, UK and my small urban garden has repsonded appropriately with garlands of flowers and vibrant greenery. I’ve been reduced to a bit of dead-heading, some fruit picking and the odd bit…