With the gusty winds, the little seedlings are drying out too fast. This is not helped by the fact that compost is so crap these days, it forms a hard crust on the top. The potted on ones are doing better, as I've mixed some home made compost into the store bought to improve the texture. Lots of vol...

I'm considering planting out the cabbages and broccoli this week, they are only wee, but with the consistent warm weather, they should come on in leaps & bounds (hopefully). It will also mean they are protected from the butterflies, which are starting to show up regularly, as I have a nice big v...

I know, OH. After endless rain, I now have established plants flagging, and seedlings drying out very quickly indeed!!! It's not helped by the fact, that my shady part of the garden is no longer so, having had to remove the hedge and trellis for the new neighbour (bully). I will be installing a new ...

I have had pretty good germination rates with most things, EXCEPT climbing beans. Not a one!

Too near The City and The Airport here for anything as exotic as swallows and cuckoos sadly!

The apple Blossom is quite prolific this year, I've noticed. Even my little potted columnar 'Lord Derby' is absolutely smothered.

I am still waiting for little seedlings to get big enough to pot on! I've done the peppers and aubergines, but everything else it too small. Lettuce are sulking at about 10mm tall. However, the flowers are doing much better, and I can start pricking them out this weekend. I bought myself a new toy t...

Maybe you could ask your efficient builders that just worked for you to make a couple of wooden troughs out of decking or similar for some small shrubs or whatever you fancy.

Bitter, bitter weekend! I was selling at an outdoor market in Chesham on Saturday. I was the only one in full winter gear, everyone else was feeling the cold. Yesterday, got some of the damaged garden cleared and sorted (where the hedge was removed and new fence put in, due to an impatient new neigh...

Sorry to hear that Westi, hope he recovers soon. Did he get bolted back together?

Later, at home we had several horizontal hail storms.

Back down to single figures and a 'refreshing' breeze this morning. I was not moving forward very fast on the bike to work, felt like I was going backwards!

Helping my dad today, dig out some lawn, add a layer of scalpins and then manhandle some great big lumps of York stone crazy paving into place. Crikey, I’ll sleep well tonight. Go to Dorset for the weekend, they said. It’ll be relaxing, they said.

We had a sunny day Saturday, for emptying my brother's old sheds of car parts. Hopefully the move is now complete, I can't face any more. Yesterday, I had a craft fair in Ruislip, in a C15 barn and around. We had a cold bright day, it clouded over, but waited until I was driving home to chuck it dow...

Dry enough to cycle to work this morning, but boy, was it COLD! The wind is still pretty strong, I was cycling against it the whole way. At least going home will be easier!