JOHN STOA: Showing off green-fingered delights to the young and young-at-heart in the garden
When you reach a certain age you are able to look back to your childhood and compare it to today’s kids growing up in a technological age.
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JOHN STOA: It’s autumn so it must be time to make plans for spring
Autumn is a great time to look ahead to next year and make plans for the spring flowering displays.
JOHN STOA: Autumn flower power in bloom
The garden is beginning to go into its autumn phase as berried plants such as the rowan, and cotoneasters are starting to steal the show and summer flowers start to fade away.
JOHN STOA: Summer makes way for autumn
As summer makes way for autumn, the harvesting range of fruit and vegetables changes as most of the soft fruit has been picked as well as summer cabbages, cauliflower, onions, broad beans and early potatoes.
JOHN STOA: Main tasks done for summer but still gardening jobs to do
It is always easy to find a wee job in the garden, even after all the main tasks have been completed.
JOHN STOA: Peach of an experiment in John’s garden
My interest in gardening started in childhood encouraged by keen gardeners in the family, so it was natural to choose it for a career as well as a hobby.
Hot, wet summer helps John’s bush roses clamber to 7ft
We will always remember the summer of 2018 with its long hot and dry spell, but 2019 seems to be even hotter, but with plentiful thunderstorms so there was never any shortage of water.
JOHN STOA: Homing in on orchids in the garden
Fifty years ago orchids were rarely seen outside stately homes with large gardens and greenhouses. I don’t recall seeing them during my five year gardening apprenticeship training, though we were given notes on their culture.
JOHN STOA: Battle never ends as chemical alternatives fight pests in the garden
Fifty years ago there was an armada of chemicals to use for every gardening problem.
Bordering on the summer in John’s garden
Herbaceous plants are traditionally grown in a long border with an evergreen hedge or shrubs behind them to create a dark background to set against the colourful flowers.