The Nook - A Garden Blog

 The cardoon is assailed and ailing, beset with aphids and stunted. The wilder garden is too wild and after the rain flattened grass.  The b...

Delivered this week outside the cattle grid, well rotted, fine stuff. We have already started spreading the good news - well, good ...

Plants that flower in July are flowering now amongst the beginning of the autumn colour. It can only be due to the early hot summer and d...

To start here is an example of negative phototropism! The orchid roots are growing away from the light - not important just a curiosity? ...

Quirks first - lots of lovely spring flowers like these calendulas - they overwintered and are flowering! There is also lots of seed aroun...