Checking out the gardeners’ weather
John Stoa is looking at the gardeners weather this week.
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Perfect weather for pruning heather
I have always grown a few heathers in the garden from way back to apprenticeship days.
You can’t beat a bit of winter season propagation, says John
Mid-January can be a quiet time in the garden.
Post-Christmas gardening business for the New Year
The festive season has come and gone. There was no white Christmas, in fact we are well into winter and yet still to see some snow, but now I’ve said that, it is just about guaranteed to come within the next few days.
Reflections of a gardening year gone by
With the festive season upon us, John Stoa reflects on his year in the garden
Blowing a raspberry to winter shutdown in John’s garden
My introduction to the humble raspberry was in the early fifties when this eight year old followed a group of young kids from our housing estate to our local raspberry fields, just a ten minute walk away.
Changing seasons: Getting ready for winter in the garden
The garden is now coming out of its autumn phase and heading into winter as plants go dormant, autumn colour fades away as all the leaves fall off and frost and snow is not far away.
A house plant house party
John Stoa gets down to a house party with his house plants
Back down to earth in John’s garden
John Stoa gets his hands dirty with some soil improvements.
Summer’s gone: Autumn in John Stoa’s garden
The garden has now gone into its autumn phase.