Gardening has been a real joy this last week. Today I have been out in the sunshine potting on. We have re potted climbing fuschias , sweet peas, spring onions and strawberries. I have also planted runner bean seeds and some climbing french beans, so hopefully the next few weeks should see them coming up. New potatoes are springing up …
Zen and the art of Gardening
The Benefits of Gardening Many people have written and spoken of the benefits of gardening on health from newspapers to the national health service, but most of them only mention the physical side. I’m not decrying that, naturally good physical health is vital to us all and even just pottering is beneficial, but there is more to be gained than …
Forest of Dean Events
Events in the Forest of Dean Find events in The Forest of Dean, what’s on in The Forest of Dean and things to do in The Forest of Dean with our events calendar . We now have a calendar of forest of dean events. Like our directory it is 100% free. Just get in touch if you would like your event added. …
Early planting has paid off
Planting early vegetables in the garden It is of course always a gamble to plant vegetables early as a late frost can damage your plants, but as we were so late last year we decided to take a chance and so far it has paid dividends. You can see from the picture on the left some of our early carrots. We …