Category Archives: forest garden

Round the garden in 80 days #61

Posted on February 26, 2022 by Helen

Spring is in the air. I felt it for the first time yesterday as I left the house to pick up our weekly provisions. The hellebores have been out for a while but the crocuses have also made an appearance … Continue reading →

Posted in forest garden, Gardening | Tagged catkins, crocuses, hazel trees, hellebores | 11 Comments

Round the garden in 80 days #60

Posted on February 20, 2022 by Helen

I had naïvely thought that if I left my spinners, weavers and dyers meeting early yesterday, I could get home to do a spot of work in the garden. Instead, I left early, as around lunchtime it had started to … Continue reading →

Posted in forest garden, Gardening, presents | Tagged blackcurrant bush, rosemary | 12 Comments

Round the garden in 80 days #58

Posted on February 11, 2022 by Helen

Yay! It looks like the new rhubarb is the winner of this year’s ‘competition’ to see which plant emerges first. The front garden had some contenders but they were just too slow. I noticed the rhubarb leaf poking through the … Continue reading →

Posted in forest garden, Gardening | Tagged rhubarb, yucca | 3 Comments

Round the garden in 80 days #57

Posted on February 6, 2022 by Helen

Friday morning was surprisingly sunny, so I took the secateurs and cut down the raspberry canes. I had been deliberating their removal but there has been and will continue to be enough of that elsewhere in the garden. I had … Continue reading →

Posted in Days out, Gardening, trees | 5 Comments

Round the garden in 80 days #55

Posted on January 24, 2022 by Helen

On Saturday, I managed to speak to a doctor about my lack of sleep and tiredness over a long period of time and then had to rush down to the surgery for blood tests. As I was putting my jumper … Continue reading →

Posted in Gardening, trees | Tagged apple trees, hazel trees | 9 Comments

Round the world in 80 days #52

Posted on January 15, 2022 by Helen

On a day when temperatures didn’t go above freezing, it would have been great to get the step ladders out and prune the higher branches on the Reinette Orléans. However, it wasn’t to be as today was also the monthly … Continue reading →

Posted in Crafts, forest garden | Tagged Monmouth cap, reinette orleans, scones | 10 Comments

Round the garden in 80 days #50

Posted on January 8, 2022 by Helen

I hadn’t expected the sun to cone out today. We’d taken a short trip out to collect our raw milk, stopping off en route at a local garden centre to see if any of their food range was in the … Continue reading →

Posted in forest garden | Tagged pulmonaria, raspberries | 8 Comments

Round the garden in 80 days #48

Posted on January 4, 2022 by Helen

I love being on holiday when it’s a normal workday. In this case, it meant that today I could peruse the wares at IKEA without having to navigate through throngs of people. My New Year’s resolution is to finally make … Continue reading →

Posted in forest garden, Gardening, Wildlife | Tagged bug house, pruning apple trees | 8 Comments

Round the garden in 80 days #43

Posted on December 27, 2021 by Helen

In the summer, there was a good crop of red currants. I had an idea that these would make an adequate substitute for cranberry sauce at Christmastime, so a few days ago they came out of the freezer and became … Continue reading →

Posted in Crafts, forest garden, In the kitchen | Tagged red currant jelly, visible mending | 9 Comments