Month: March 2010

Suddenly the anxiety of having to do everything in the weekend because the week is off-limit was gone: British Summer Time! It was more relaxing doing what I have done for the last couple of months: digging and sowing, knowing that I will be able to go back evening after evening. Except if the weather…

It’s March 21st and definitely the start of spring: ladybirds busily hurrying about (all natives too!), the amazing green of new leaves just out of buds, spawn in the pond (at home) and… the mallards are back, three of them (at the allotment)! I love those three ducks, they are so beautiful when they lazily…

As I said last week everything is tidy and ready to burst into life, and it’s so good to look at and enjoy, except it’s NOT under control! This is the time of the year when all the gardening chores start to compete for my time, at home and the allotment, and I still have…

Yesterday, with sunny weather forecast, I decided to take the day off to garden. It was actually cold and grey, but my order of trees had arrived, so I had to clean the pots and transplant my new lemon, olive and lime trees. In my collection of old Italian favourites, which started last year with…

Today I spent another great afternoon, on a delightfully sunny day, at the allotment. There is not much to talk about, really, but it was great fun as I increased the size of the asparagus bed to plant the new ones I got last week – the hickory axe and the recycled fence panels from…

What a tangible sign of spring when the broadbeans are out once again! For a moment I thought it was some horrible weed, as I could not recognise the shape of the shoots. But it’s definitely broadbeans, and I will probably manage to find space for sowing some more. This must be one of the…