The Grief Whacking Gardener

Denial The name stages when dealing with grief is misguiding. It leads us to believe that we will move through stages one to five in...

For the 6 years before dad died I did a lot of driving. It started with visits every other month to check things were ok, increasing to...

The garden has two pampas grasses either side of the garden. They are massive beasts approximately 6' across. They are very old, they...

When I began doing hard core gardening I did it at my childhood home. My own garden had been done for my whole marriage by my husband. We...

At the end of the garden along a border are a line of Damson Trees. Unfortunately they have been over-run by brambles. These are wrapped...

I decided I have to start somewhere making sense of the garden near the house, but I don't want to upset the lovely man who cuts the lawn...

My orchard is a challenge. Actually it was my Dad’s and is now my Mum’s, unfortunately she can no longer battle a field to get to it, so...

Fuchsia's are beautiful and very delicate looking. I need to clear some of the old flowering plants in the front garden to make the house...

Dad had a phrase, reproduce before you die. He used this with any plant which wouldn't flower or fruit. He believed that they were...

I decided to tackle the hedges. There are hawthorn and privet mixed hedges near the orchard. I decided to tidy these up as they had...

Dad was Edwardian and old school. He believed strongly in research before making a commitment to something and always read extensively on...

As a child we had a beautiful garden of flowers and fruit and veg. Tended expertly by my Dad. He tried to encourage me toward an interest...

Death is hard to live with. In times gone by we grew up around death. People died of illness and in childbirth and were cared for by...