Tag Archives: gardening

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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Autumn / Winter Collection

Posted on December 5, 2023 by midlifegardener

Autumn has turned to winter in the blink of a Long Dog’s eye.  A fortnight ago I was harvesting chillis for jam and last weekend I walked the dogs over crisp frosted fields, under coppered leaves glinting in the sun … Continue reading →

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Late news from late summer

Posted on November 7, 2017 by midlifegardener

It was a wet end to the summer and I never really got the garden under the level of control I might in other years have demanded.  I wrote this piece back in October, before a lot of other stuff … Continue reading →

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Stonemouth

Posted on May 19, 2014 by midlifegardener

With new life in the spring air, death is on the agenda once again in the garden.  We lost four of our hens the other day as a fox (or foxes) took three away and left one fatally injured.  The … Continue reading →

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Easter Rising

Posted on April 21, 2014 by midlifegardener

The Easter break has been kind for DIY and gardening.  With the weather poor in the first week of the holidays, it was no chore to be inside, though painting the kitchen was.  But with indoor work done, gardening has … Continue reading →

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Fudge, Yeah!

Posted on January 18, 2013 by midlifegardener

It feels like the gardening year is at a bit of a hiatus with little to do, so rather like the lead singer of a band in the middle of a particularly dull riff as the “guitarist goes off on … Continue reading →

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