I really love the end weeks of winter, which in the UK is February and very…
Gardening calendar
No nonsense, to the point organic and sustainable gardening advice for each month of the year. If you live outside of the UK, I have numbered each month so you can adjust easily for your own climate.
March gardening ideas: signs of spring
You know spring is on its way as daylight hours lengthen, temperatures warm and while the…
April gardening ideas: spring is here
In the UK, early April is my marker in the year when I know everything needs…
May gardening ideas: end of spring (month six)
May is the month when all plants start growing rapidly, resulting in lush, immaculate leaves. Everything…
June gardening ideas: summer (month seven)
Summer! Well, if the weather behaves. It often feels like summer has stop-started into action at…
July gardening ideas: mid summer (month eight)
I like to think of midsummer’s eve, the summer solstice, as the top of a mountain…
August gardening ideas: high summer (month nine)
Late-July and August will always be ‘real summer’ to me, with the hottest heatwaves, the driest…
September gardening ideas: end of summer (month ten)
Throughout my life, people have described, without fail, sunny spells in September as an Indian summer.…
October gardening ideas: autumn (month eleven)
There is no denying that autumn is upon us as the shorter days bring colder weather,…
November gardening ideas: start of winter (month twelve)
It’s a tale of two parts to November; the first half can feel a lot like…
December gardening ideas: mid-winter (month one)
You may be wondering why December is ‘month one’ in my calendar when typically it’s seen…