Lay of the Land

This week is the HTA's 'National Children's Gardeing Week' and we will be running a series of seed sowing activities for the nippers. You can also pickup a free National Children's Gardeing Week magazine full of activities to keep the little ones occupied, for at least a few minutes, and hopefully get them interested in gardening...

Monday/Wed/Friday (27/29/31st) - Sunflowers

Tuesday 28th - Beans 

Thursday 31st - Pumpkins

 

For more info:

Holiday Fun - Sunflowers, Beans & Pumpkins - National Children's Gardening Week (childrensgardeningweek.co.uk)

In our last blog we considered how we can reduce water usage in our gardens given recent weather conditions and imminent hosepipe ban. These tips and tricks were small changes that could be made quickly. However, as the climate continues to change, temperatures in this country will rise and heatwaves and drought conditions may become more common in the UK[1]; how can we better adapt and re-design our gardens to cope with dry periods in the future?

At the time of writing, large areas of England have been declared as in drought, and it looks like Yorkshire may follow suit soon[1]. Yorkshire water has announced a ‘hosepipe’ ban at the end of the month (26th of August)[2]. What does that mean for gardeners? And what can we do about it?

The genus salvia is one of the widest in the plant family with over 900 species worldwide, and one species or another is native across almost two thirds of the planet, including here in the UK.  Salvia are also known as sages, with common sage, Salvia officinalis, being probably the best well known species through culinary uses, albeit many people wouldn’t know it as a salvia at all. 

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Jimmie and I had a really good couple of days the other week, during a brief respite in the weather, planting some trees in our fledgling orchard.

Someone famous once said “the best time to plant a tree is 100 years ago.  The second best time is now.”

Watering's about the most basic and essential part of gardening, particularly when pots are involved. Dad shares some thoughts.

Some people have been wondering why our café didn’t open at the beginning of July when the folk in no 10 gave the all-clear, or in the weeks following like many other café’s. Hopefully, you’ll be pleased to know, we will be opening the café, for takeaway only, from this Friday, 7th of August.

We thought it would be good to offer some insight into our thoughts, and explain why we’re not opening more fully.