If you live in the UK and have a brown lawn after a dry summer, this topic is very much for you right now. We’ve had the hottest summer I can remember, and unfortunately, that has also meant very little rain. When I returned from Finland, our garden was looking worse than I could have imagined. The grass was brown,…
I love having a large garden, but it’s definitely a labour of love. We were lucky enough to inherit two separate plots when we bought the house (you can read more about them in my previous post here). It’s taken us years to get to a point where the garden feels somewhat manageable and there are definitely a few things…
It is truly starting to feel like summer thanks to the soaring temperatures we’ve been enjoying in the UK lately. The past few years have shown that our summers can get very hot, sometimes even a little too hot. But I’m a summer child at heart (and by birth) and there is nothing I love more than summer garden living:…
As the weather begins to warm, it’s the perfect time to turn your attention back to the garden ahead of summer. Ours always feels a little neglected after the winter months, and by the time March arrives, I’m keen to get everything looking fresh again. I usually start planting vegetables in late February, using that time to slowly assess what…
Our garden is very much a work in progress, but we are slowly getting there. It’s a mature garden that requires a lot of work and we are tackling each task in order of importance to us. I absolutely adore the woodland-style design and intend to keep it that way. We prune it a little more each year to make…
