December in a French Garden
I am writing this on November 30th and it is cold and foggy outside - we are entering the season of "dreich" (a Scottish word pronounced...
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Oct 314 min read
November in a French garden
After an unforgivable delay here is an update on what to do each month in the garden.... November is when you start to put much of the...
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Sep 30, 20234 min read
October in the garden
And still we swelter in this exceptional weather - temperatures in the low 30s at the beginning of October in SW France means that some...
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Aug 4, 20234 min read
August in a French garden
It's August - usually hot and dry and the month that is traditionally seen as the French holidays. However - there are still things that...
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Jun 1, 20235 min read
June's to-do list
I love June - the start of summer and the weather is starting to feel hot but not, usually, unbearably so. Flowers are at their peak as...
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May 1, 20233 min read
May's To-Do list.
Tender edibles can go out into the garden now - tomatoes, chillies, basil, aubergines, peppers, courgettes can all be planted outside...
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Mar 31, 20234 min read
April in the garden
TS Elliot called April "the cruellest month" and, although the context is different (he was writing about Europe in the wake of the first...
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Feb 7, 20236 min read
February In The Garden
I always think that Pope Gregory Xlll must have enjoyed a joke when he created February. It is the shortest month, but it is one of the...
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Dec 31, 20223 min read
January in the garden
I write this on New Year's Eve (sad person that I am) having come inside from a glorious afternoon outside. Today we saw temperatures of...
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Nov 12, 20226 min read
Things to do in November
I know this is late and there has been significant radio silence from the blog for the last six weeks, but activity is resumed and, if...
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Sue
Sep 6, 20223 min read
September garden tasks
What needs to be done in the garden in September depends so much upon the weather. It is one of those change-over months which can mean a...
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Aug 2, 20224 min read
August in the garden
I have never known heat like this. It has been sustained for week after week and we find ourselves in the third official "canicule" -...
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Jun 30, 20225 min read
July in the garden
I write this on June 30th as we approach sun baked July (it is currently raining heavily). At least that means that I should not have to...
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Jun 1, 20223 min read
June in the Garden
And now it is summer…expect rain imminently. Or possibly. Despite a very wet early spring already there are water restrictions in France....
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May 12, 20224 min read
May's to do list
Apologies for the late arrival of May's to do list, but I have been busy catching up on things that I should have done in April. It is...
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Mar 31, 20223 min read
Things to do in April
April is out to fool us - watch the weather. It is capricious at this time of year. It has been an odd start to the year - most things...
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Mar 6, 20222 min read
Things to do in March
March is busy and there can be a lot to do in your garden, depending on what you grow., so here is a selection of the most important jobs...
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Feb 27, 20222 min read
Itchy fingers
Every year, in February, I feel compelled to start sowing seeds – vegetables and flowers – and I have to rein myself in from starting too...
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Feb 4, 20224 min read
Things to do in February
At some point in February the weather starts to warm up and plants start to move - sometimes at a terrific pace. Crocus bulbs can develop...
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Jan 9, 20223 min read
Things to do in January
January is the month for being kind to yourself - it is usually cold and dark and I am usually overweight and feeling broke, and I get...
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