Tattie Trials
Forgive me for writing with my mouth full, but I just can’t stop eating the very first of my parsley-buttered White Duke of Yorks. I have…
The Henrik Larssens of the veggy plot
It’s the only thing Baldrick and I have in common. Honest. This obsession with the turnip. I had a wee peek back through the Garden Gate,…
Currant Affairs
Contrary to the myth promulgated by our southern gardening friends, who seem to dominate both TV and the gardening magazines, it is not too late to…
Holly comes out at Christmas!
The problem we have determining the sexes of our hollies goes way beyond the genus Ilex. (cf Holly Aird; Holly Johnson.) I can legitimately use sex…
Not always what they’re cracked up to be – Part Two
The plants therein Mother Earth is a great insulator against frost. That’s why we have herbaceous perennials which die down at the end of the season,…
Not always what they’re cracked up to be – Part One
This is when the cracks start to appear. Well, perhaps not with the very first frosts, but as winter progresses, and the frosts become harder and…