Tag Archives: Garden

In the Green Mid Winter

Posted on December 23, 2025 by midlifegardener

The Winter Solstice. Eight and a half thousand people gathered to see the sun rise behind the Heel Stone and send its first rays into the heart of Stonehenge on the shortest day of the year.We assume the Ancients celebrated … Continue reading →

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Training Day

Posted on October 11, 2025 by midlifegardener

The summer has been a steady learning curve as we have developed our cut flower production systems of growing, cutting, arranging and marketing.  So, always looking for knowledge to help us on our way, Mrs B and took the opportunity … Continue reading →

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Midlife Latin

Posted on July 6, 2025 by midlifegardener

This week’s Cultural Wednesday took Mrs B and me to Barrington Court.  Our first visit to Barrington was with Josh, so it felt apt to be here on what would have been his 33rd birthday.  I remember enjoying wandering around … Continue reading →

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Is This a Pivot I see Before Me?

Posted on May 16, 2025 by midlifegardener

The business buzz word amongst some of my self-employed friends at the moment is “pivot”, to describe a changing of direction in one’s business or lifestyle and some have suggested that we might be mid-‘pivot’ in the Midlife Garden. It … Continue reading →

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Spud You Like

Posted on February 26, 2025 by midlifegardener

The February half term break feels like a significant moment in the horticultural year.  Mrs B is fed up with the cold weather, but finally it seems the days are lengthening, and March is nearly upon us, which, nominally at … Continue reading →

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Light Bulb Moments

Posted on February 1, 2025 by midlifegardener

It’s been a busy autumn and winter in the midlife garden.  We started by distributing two tons of revive compost around beds and borders after which started to make some strategic changes with plants.  The Christmas tree was dug from … Continue reading →

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Flower Power

Posted on October 13, 2024 by midlifegardener

Mrs B bought some Russet apples last week, which brought to mind a picture I have of my mother sorting russet apples on the lawn at the old place, around 1984.  Crops of fruit were always impressive with my parents … Continue reading →

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Slugs and Snails and Puppy Dogs’ Tails

Posted on June 9, 2024 by midlifegardener

May was a busy but nerve-wracking month in the Midlife Garden.  After starting our cut flowers in storage boxes, they germinated quickly and copiously, but by April we face the challenge of what to do with all those healthy looking … Continue reading →

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Box Fresh

Posted on February 20, 2024 by midlifegardener

February has been so mild; it feels like spring.  Which it almost is, isn’t it?  But we are not fooled in the Midlife Garden, despite the daffodils coming up weeks ago, wallflowers currently adding splashes of gold in the front … Continue reading →

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New Beginnings

Posted on January 18, 2024 by midlifegardener

January offers promise, after the bittersweet New Year when we tend to look back at everything we omitted to do in the previous 12 months.  When looking for promise in the depths of a wet winter, the garden is a … Continue reading →

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