What is a Garden Part 2
What is a Garden? Part 2. Welcome back. In contrast, many humans live in flats with no outdoor space and nurture a brood of houseplants. Because they cannot enter gardens, nature comes to them. They lack outdoor space, but do they have a garden if their plants bring joy? Thus far, we agree gardens […]
Weather
I wrote this to a friend last summer. With the weather we have had since Christmas, doesn’t it show how we need to roll with nature’s punches? “Every gardener in the land is doing a rain dance inside their head, because most plants are struggling with four months of reduced rainfall. But when do we […]
Introduction to the Joyful Gardener’s Blog
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 […]