
What is a Garden? Part 1.
Some readers already think, “What a daft question,” but please hear me out. Nobody seems to ask this, just
Welcome to my gardening blog, where I share my joy of
gardening and learn how your garden brings you bliss.
Hi, I’m Mark – the Joyful Gardener!
I am no garden expert but I love gardening. I work three different plots with different soil
types, altitude and aspects. My aim is not to garden well, but to be well through gardening. I
want to explore where the joy from growing things come from rather than tell people how to grow kumquats in Leeds.
Gardening is my lifelong hobby. Dirt first slipped under my fingernails when mum and dad trusted me not to lick them clean when weeding. I now rub soap under my claws before planting,though it never helps. Why worry? Dirty nails show a good day, well spent, and I tease the muck out with my wife’s […]
The love of gardening is a seed once sown that never dies.
Gertrude Jekyll

Some readers already think, “What a daft question,” but please hear me out. Nobody seems to ask this, just

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Gardening is my lifelong hobby. Dirt first slipped under my fingernails when mum and dad trusted me not to lick