Digging and weeding, planting and sowing in a Sheffield garden.
Things are dry as dust here, with no significant rain for weeks and soaring temperatures. While its been lovely to enjoy the garden in the sunshine, all three water butts are empty and the ground is rock hard. Hard to believe we were swimming in mud back in February. This is a quick round up … Continue reading May roundup
Whinfell Quarry Garden is Sheffield’s own secret garden. Despite being on a main road a few miles from Sheffield city centre and next to some popular footpaths, I never see more than a handful of people there. It’s a magical place and well worth a visit. A potted history. The garden dates from the turn … Continue reading A garden visit: Whinfell Quarry Garden
Today’s posy is made up of flowers and leaves from the lemon yellow tree peony and a beautiful blue brunnera. I think of blue and yellow as a classic springtime combination before the pinks and purples of early summer take over. My brunnera ‘Jack Frost’ grows a shady corner of the garden, planted along with … Continue reading In a vase on Monday: May
There is no better place than an English woodland in May, and I’m lucky enough to live in a city with some of the finest bluebell woods I know. Sheffield is a famously hilly city. Around a third of the city lies within the Peak District National Park and the western suburbs sit high up … Continue reading Sheffield’s bluebell woods
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