Bank Holiday Blogging

May Bank Holiday and the weather forecast is dire!!!! What a surprise!
I have been pleasantly surprised at how many of you have been coming in and commenting on the website. It is very nice to know you are out there reading this!! You may have been wondering why I haven't been blogging lately - Well, I've had a virus!! Not one that laid me low, luckily (I'm too busy for that!!) but one that took the trusty old computer down. Thanks to Jim persisting and telling me to buy a new one I am now back in communication with the outside world. I even have a fab new flat screen that I can read (even without my glasses on!!)
May has been a busy month for us as you all got out and started gardening in earnest. I hope you haven't been caught out by the late frosts and are ready for the deluge that is on it's way, apparently.
We have noticed a huge upsurge in interest in vegetable gardening this year. We sold seed potatoes for the first time this year and today I sold the last one! Nearly everybody seems to be having a go at growing something! Well done. I hope we have a good summer so you get good crops. Remember, this is England, so if you don't get a bumper harvest this year don't be too despondent - and don't give up!! There is nothing to beat picking and eating your own food and it is great that so many people are having a go.
Lots of you have been to Chelsea this year - lucky you!! I have watched the coverage on TV with interest. Not too much quirkiness or outlandish design and lots of ideas that you can use in your own gardens. Jim, being of fine Irish extraction, is often commenting on "forty shades of green" and this year's Chelsea was full of them!!
I don't suppose you are going to get out much for the rest of the weekend but you can always head for the potting shed and make your hanging baskets ready for when the gales die down and summer arrives!
Happy Gardening!!!

Spring is Just Around the Corner

It's great - the snowdrops are well and truly out and the daffodils are up with buds showing so it's official - SPRING IS JUST AROUND THE CORNER! We are looking forward to it, of course. The promise of a new Spring is the most wonderful time in the garden. The buds are beginning to swell already and it's all very exciting. The Nursery is looking well and we have had a delivery of new roses, all with leaf buds beginning to show! We have also got a good range of vegetable seeds and, for the first time ever, we have got seed potatoes in stock now. So many people are having a go at growing their own vegetables and it can be very rewarding. You don't have to have a huge garden or an allotment to grow veg. Many different types of vegetables can be grown in amongst other plants in the borders and you can grow fantastic potatoes in big pots on the patio. If you've never grown your own food before make this year the year you have a go. You will be delighted at the feeling of satisfaction that comes from producing your own food and you will love the fresh flavours!!

Happy New Year

How the time flies! I was just telling you all that the Christmas Trees had arrived and now the New Year has! I hope you have all had a lovely Christmas and are looking forward to what 2008 will bring.
We are having a bit of a rest and the Nursery will be closed until the 15th January. I know that seems like a long time but a little holiday is called for!! We are busy ordering the plants for next season though. I love looking through the catalogues and deciding what you will be having in your Hanging Baskets next year. Some nice new colours of things and some old favourites will be on the list! It won't be long before you can all get back out in your gardens but in the meantime settle down in front of the fire with your favourite seed catalogue or gardening book and dream of what the garden will be like this summer!