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Where’s January going? It’s disappearing at an alarming rate!
Where’s January going, it’s disappearing at an alarming rate as this year has started off as madly as I left last year, the house alterations are still in full swing, with skilled people coming and going, meaning extra early mornings to be out of the shower before they start arriving! Also constant vigilance of the milk situation, as neither the garden apprentice or I use much milk (normally). The kettle has never been used so much since we bought it over 12 years ago – it’s age probably tells you everything you need to know. It’s a good job we only have heating in half of the house as the…
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Rhododendrons and Azaleas
Having acid soil, the ericaceous loving Rhododendrons and Azaleas do really well in our garden. We have two Rhododendrons, a white one and a purple one, plus a bright orange Azalea. The White One The white Rhododendron is the first to come into flower. Unfortunately I don’t know the name of it as it was already here when we came in 2013. Poor thing was surrounded by weeds, mainly the dreaded ground elder. In 2014 as we cleared the garden out to make way for ‘The Great Wall’ and a complete re-design, we dug it up with a substantial root ball, trying to avoid the weeds! It was moved to…
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Stewed Rhubarb & Yogurt – Breakfast of Gods!
A week ago on Gardeners World, Monty Don said, “I think rhubarb just lightly stewed with yogurt, is a breakfast of Gods”. Well Monty, I couldn’t agree more! As a little girl, when my dad harvested the first rhubarb of the year, and my mum turned it into a crumble. I really couldn’t understand the appeal. But now… I am a total convert to rhubarb, and despite all the recipes I make with it, including savoury ones. I think Monty is correct, there’s nothing nicer than stewed rhubarb and yogurt, it’s delicious! My favourite yogurt to have with it is by Yeo Valley, their organic Lemon Curd yogurt. It compliments…
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Just as the garden is waking up from its winter slumber…
It’s typical really, just as the garden’s waking up from its winter slumber, with all the plants pushing up and the lovely flowers bursting out everywhere I look. The weather forecaster tells us that for the next week or so we’re going to be having, snow, sleet, rain and temperatures dropping below zero! So no doubt they’ll be taking a quite a bashing! Just as we’re all desperate to believe that spring has sprung, it reminds us that we’re not past the bad weather yet. In all fairness though we have had another incredibly mild winter taken as a whole, just that one very cold snap in mid-December. Seed Sowing…
