June can catch you off guard. One minute, you’re still wearing jumpers, and the next, the garden’s in full swing. It feels like everyone else is harvesting their body weight in strawberries. If you haven’t sown much yet or things haven’t gone to plan, don’t panic. There’s still plenty of time to get growing. This…
The Healing Habit of Gardening in Difficult Times
There is something steadying about a garden, don’t you think? No matter what is going on in life, things in the garden keep growing. The weeds certainly do not stop! The seasons carry on. It can feel a bit relentless, but it’s also reassuring that it’s always there for me in the background. When life…
Fetching the Allotment Key (October 2014)
Just the weekend after our big move to our lovely new house, a special friend and new neighbour arranged for us to collect our allotment key! So without having even seeing the allotments before, off we went to meet site manager Terry. After showing us the best of the available plots the deal was done and the key…