There is no doubt that the garden is moving along. This week’s cold winds, sleety snow and showers may have deterred me but things keep popping up in the garden. Here’s six things I fou…

My Little Garden 28th March 2026 As we reach the last weekend in March, the garden is starting to look rather exciting. I’ve sneaked a few extra tulip shots into the collage, because a new one is …

My Little Garden 14th March 2026 I’m late with my blog this week, in fact I haven’t got round to posting anything on social media all week. I need to remedy that, as there’s so much going on in …

Six on Saturday is a weekly meme originally hosted by The Propagator but now in the tender care of Jim at Garden Ruminations. It's been another week with some dry and sunny days here in Berkshire, albeit still chilly overnight. The rain returned on Friday so the al fresco mid-morning coffee breaks have had to be paused temporarily. However, the turf laid in the autumn in our revamped front garden has had its first cut and I spotted a pair of robins who look like they're setting up home in one of our hedges.

My Little Garden 7th March 2026 The first week of March has brought spring-like temperatures and us hardy folk ‘up north’ put away our ‘big coats’ and embraced the warmth of the new season …

My Little Garden 28th Feb 2026 The last day of February is here, and I’m happy to report that we’ve had a mild week with a few dry days. Gardening has been done at last! I keep looking at my very …

My Little Garden 21st Feb 2026 It’s been one of those weeks that I’m quite glad to see the back of. Not that it’s been all bad, in fact quite the opposite, but my multi tasking skills have been …

My Little Garden 14th Feb 2026 Happy Valentine’s Day. There are no red roses for me, but I much prefer a bunch of daffs at this time of year anyway, so Mr M gets off lightly. If he were to come …

My Little Garden 7th Feb 2026 Another week, another hellebore. And I make no excuse, because they are the best thing in my garden right now. The snowdrops, cyclamen and crocus are all trying really …

My Little Garden 31st Jan 2026 January has flown by, thanks to a little winter sunshine break, but I can’t say that I’m sorry that it’s almost over. I was eagerly anticipating what I would …

Six on Saturday is a weekly meme originally hosted by The Propagator but now in the tender care of Jim at Garden Ruminations. Once again the weather has not been ideal for gardening, the soil being either too wet or too cold. However today (Friday) the sun came out and I was able to take a few pictures. Pittosporum tenuifolium 'John Flanagan'

It may be hard to find six things in the garden at this time of the year but as I walked round this morning it was clear that the weeds are having a lovely time. They shine out as splashes of green…

My Little Garden 17th Jan 2026 We’re just over a week away from the big garden birdwatch, and a pair of Blackcaps have been regular visitors to the garden, along with a group of what I think are …

Six on Saturday is a weekly meme originally hosted by The Propagator but now in the tender care of Jim at Garden Ruminations. I definitely chose the most challenging time to start participating given there's been a week of frost, snow, wind and rain. I hope everyone has kept safe and your gardens were not too battered. It's been pretty much impossible to do anything in the garden this week except grab a sledgehammer to break the ice on the pond, walk briskly down to the compost bin with vegetable peelings and make plans for the year ahead.

In a week when we’ve experienced a wolf moon, icy winds and a sprinkling of frost, the promised snow has eluded us in my little corner of…