When will it rain? I am visiting the allotment every day to water – using watering cans. My arms and shoulders ache and I’ve got sunburn. And because I spend…
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The AG Team’s Favourite TV Comedies
Garry Coward-Williams, editor I prefer situation comedy to watching a comic tell ‘jokes’ and the finest for me is Steptoe and Son, written by Ray Galton & Alan Simpson. It…
Gardens reopen as lockdown eases
As Coronavirus lockdown eases, several of the nation’s most popular public gardens are reopening . Saturday, May 30 sees Exbury Gardens in the New Forest unlocking its gates, after staff…
In the pink
I adore pinks for their pretty petals in pastel colours that bring an air of romance to my cottage style borders. When they start to flower at this time of…
Coping with an early dry spell
Can you remember the last time your garden received rain of any significance? I certainly can’t – the grass is starting to brown (the moss went crispy some weeks ago…)…
Pricking out and potting up
We have grown more plants then ever from seed this year so there has been a succession of weekends spent potting on young plants and making room on windowsills for…
Life on the allotment – beans, strawberries and leeks
Praying for rain It’s time for planting out on the allotment, but the main topic of conversation at the allotment is water – or the lack of it. We desperately…
Brighten your garden with beautiful baskets
Planting up baskets, windowboxes and containers is a surefire way of bringing bright, breezy, easy colour and interest to the garden. As we get back into the ‘new normal’, potting…
What we love about lockdown
Garry Coward-Williams, editor I think many AG readers would agree that the effect of eight or so weeks of a lot less traffic on the roads has been great for…
Natural benefits of lockdown
One of my strongest childhood holiday memories is of driving down a high-hedged lane in North Wales one warm, still evening and the air outside the car being thick with…