Gardening month by month 2/2

Things to do in August

August is the end of my gardening year and I tend to adopt a very French attitude to it - it is a holiday period. The weather should be...

Things to do in July

It has been an unusual year so far – above average rain and a decidedly more “British” climate. Plants which love moisture have done...

Some things to do in the garden in June

June sees the start of summer and, by now, plants in the garden should be growing strongly and daily tasks have morphed from sowing seeds...

Oh Deer

This week a vital project has been to tackle the growing problem of deer damage. We have always had a problem with deer because they roam...

Undesirable neighbours

January 2015 We have a couple of these........ First, in an umbrella pine in the garden there is a nest of pine processionary...

Things to do in the garden in May

Tender plants can be moved outside Depending on where you live in France, at some point in May your tender plants can be safely moved...