The Grief Whacking Gardener

What you need to do is..... I can think of a choice response. But I won't go there. David Cameron's new UK has become full of public...

Between the pond (now a swamp like Reed filled hole and the rockery, a grass covered mound with the occasional battling flower and plant...

I don't love annuals. I don't love growing food. I've tried for years to grow food, especially when my children were small. Unfortunately...

Watching someone you love die, is probably one of the hardest things anyone can do. Watching them deteriorate is impossible to do, and...

The properties backing onto and side on to ours have lots of trees. Mostly these are Ash and hawthorn. Together with our own...

One of dad's main sayings was that Einstein, predicted that when the bee's disappear mankind will only have four years to live. He talked...

Most people hate winter, it's cold and gloomy and unless we have snow it isn't very visually appealing. I enjoy the turning of the...

It's been a busy and challenging time for the family and I. We have had a long two years and my caring role has increased considerably....

There are so many roses in the garden. Apparently they were one of my dad's favourite flowers. They are mostly, shades of pink, an...

Anger is not a common emotion experienced by me. I’m usually patient, reflective and try to be content. I do not suffer fools gladly and...

Grief = fear of the unknown Grief causes us to be unceremoniously evicted from our comfort zone. We are thrown into fear of the future, a...

Supporting someone to the end of life is hard core. You enter into a journey together. If you live through it with them, at some time...

Autumn is unusual this year seeming very warm as the weeks go on. The trees are reluctant to drop their leaves after a burst of rain...

One of my most precious memories from childhood is the green house. Dad had a Victorian style green house with an underground heater and...

Its late autumn two years after Dad's death. I am trying to bring back some order to the huge garden he had which has gone to wrack and...

I grew up in the 70’s, we had the beginnings of technology which like everyone else I embraced but we also had the old ways/ Electric...

It's Autumn a year following our decision to rescue the garden. Sometimes I wonder if it's me needs rescuing. My cousins and I go up and...

It's autumn of the end of my first year of hard core gardening, I miss my dad's wisdom and life is more complex with a stroppy yet...

Hedges are walking their way into the garden. Hawthorn, but also privet and what appears to be box. It started by stealth, the hedge just...

Summer this year is proving to be as memorable as spring. The flowers started to appear while the spring flowers were still in full swing...