So, summer is truly with us and the garden is getting out of control (or so it sometimes seems). It is at this time of year that I get really anxious about what needs to be done, but there is a simple method that may work.
Category: (5) SUMMER
So, with mid-summer nearly upon us (gosh, time flies), there are a number of tasks that we should be getting on with. Sometimes I get anxious about what needs to be done in the garden – and I have certainly set up a lot to do – but there is a simple method that may work.
It’s summer and the garden is really getting going. And, of course, with comes more things to do. If you, like me, get anxious about what needs to be done in the garden, there is a simple method that may work to get you going.
In the first part of this two-parter, I discussed the history of the park and its surrounds and, in particular, Dollis Hill House and the Post Office Research Station in Dollis Hill. In this part, I want to show you what the park looks like now (July 2020), with text and photos.
Many years ago, I used to look at large-flowering fuchsias and think that no way could such lovely, often delicate-looking plants survive a British winter or the shade in my garden. How wrong can you be?
The houses and grounds used to be owned by the Rothschild family, in particular, by Lionel de Rothschild during the nineteenth century when he was, by far, the richest man in the World. However, he used to joke that he was a gardener, first and foremost, and only then, a banker.
I was intending to get out and visit some of the marvellous British Gardens the public can visit this summer. However, with the Coronavirus and the resulting restrictions, this has obviously proved impossible. Therefore, I thought I would write about a garden my wife and I visited last Summer.
