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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 →

Posted in Gardening Times | Tagged allium ping pong, alliums, ammi majus, antirrhinums, bulbs, flowers, flowers cut flowers, Garden, gardening, garlic, greenhouse, Onions, plants, solstice, sweet pea, sweet peas, tulip, tulips, wedding flowers | Leave a comment

Like a Hot Knife

Posted on June 22, 2025 by midlifegardener

There’s a scene in the movie Crocodile Dundee when Paul Hogan is confronted by a mugger on a New York street. As his assailant threatens him with a knife, Hogan just laughs. “That’s not a knife.”, he says, “THAT’S a … Continue reading →

Posted in Gardening Times | Tagged bindweed, cut flowers, flowers, garden tools, gardening, garlic, golden shovel, Hori Hori, japanes tools, Niwaki, niwaki golden shovel, niwaki HQ, niwaki snippers, Onions, weeding | 1 Comment

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 →

Posted in Gardening Times | Tagged birch, calendula, chillis, chitting, flowers, Garden, gardening, garlic, Potato Day, potatoes, seed potatoes, seed-starting, seeds, silver birch, tulip, tulips, washing silver birch | 1 Comment

Clearing the Litter

Posted on January 3, 2023 by midlifegardener

Winter arrived in the Midlife Garden with a vengeance in December. It reminded me that I really should have been putting everything to bed for the fallow season, while planting and prepping stuff for the early spring risers. But as … Continue reading →

Posted in Gardening Times | Tagged chilli jam, chilli pepper, garlic, Leaf litter, mulch, mulching | 1 Comment

One Tomato, Two Tomato

Posted on November 1, 2022 by midlifegardener

The clocks have gone back, so maybe summer is finally over. The harvest should have been safely gathered in, although the recent warm air currents seem to suggest there is still more growing to do. I cleared two of the … Continue reading →

Posted in Gardening Times | Tagged chillis, courgettes, garlic, passata, ratatouille, sun-dried tomatoes, sweet peas, tomatoes | 2 Comments

Provenance

Posted on July 20, 2022 by midlifegardener

The other day Mrs B came home with a new cook book. This not an entirely unusual occurrence: we both enjoy discovering new recipes, and Mrs B owns a Bookshop. You do the Math. Home Food, is written by Olia … Continue reading →

Posted in Gardening Times | Tagged garlic, tomatoes | 1 Comment

Too early or too hot?

Posted on August 7, 2019 by midlifegardener

Another hot, dry start to the summer, another discussion about climate change. At the end of term I sat through several showings of documentaries on climate change which alarmed and depressed me in equal measure. Alarming because the stats suggest … Continue reading →

Posted in Gardening Times | Tagged climate change, french beans, garlic, new potatoes, Onions, potatoes, runner beans, shallots | 1 Comment

Planting to the Music of Time

Posted on October 12, 2018 by midlifegardener

The rhythm of the seasons is changing its beat as summer segues into autumn. In the past, it was a time of year I would associate with final harvests of the summer and then closing down for the winter. I … Continue reading →

Posted in Gardening Times | Tagged aqua dulce, autumn, broad beans, Broccoli, brussels sprouts, curly kale, echinacea, foxglove, foxgloves, garlic, honesty, kale, leeks, mushrooms, Nigella, Onions, phaecellia, Shallot, shallots | Leave a comment

One Month On

Posted on July 12, 2017 by midlifegardener

It’s been a month since I put finger to keyboard (or for some I know it would be thumbs to keyboard). It is an interesting comparison to see how stuff has panned out in the past 30 days. A month … Continue reading →

Posted in Gardening Times | Tagged Cabbages, chillis, cosmos, courgettes, curly kale, cut flowers, Elephant garlic, foxgloves, garlic, kale, new potatoes, shallots, sweet peas, tomatoes | Leave a comment

End of Term report

Posted on October 30, 2016 by midlifegardener

It’s that time of the year again when the evening chill sharpens, the leaves start to turn and we spend a fruitless Sunday morning trying to purchase Glastonbury tickets. And it has been months since I delivered any sort of … Continue reading →

Posted in Gardening Times | Tagged beans, brassicas, Brussels, Cabbage, chillis, garlic, leeks, Onions, peas, purple sprouting, Salad, shallots, squashes, tomatoes | Leave a comment