It all started so well

There are two main factors that govern the time I spend gardening, the first is the balance between my work and spare time, it is a bit of a juggling act in busy periods but usually I will make time get out to enjoy a bit of gardening. The second is the weather although again with a bit of schedule shifting I usually manage to keep reasonably on top of keeping up with my gardening.


This year's Spring seemed slow coming or was that just me being impatient? Once into March there was a wonderful period of sunny warm days, perfect weather to tidy the beds with winter crops and prepare the others for planting out and sowing.

With rows of shallots planted out and shooting (photo above) and the broccoli in the winter bed coming into flower (photo below) the plot was beginning to take shape.

Little did I know as I bathed in the warmth of Spring sunshine and the satisfaction of being up to date with my gardening schedule that it was all going to change.


As the whole country seems to have endured a cold wet April I will not harp on about it. I am surely not the only one who is now having to amend their garden schedules. Besides which as I walked around my plot this morning I saw that some of rows of seeds I did manage to sow are now starting to come up. With May starting next week my fingers are firmly crossed we will have a change in the weather and hopefully after a few intensive days of catching up I will back on schedule.


During the wonderful weather in March I made a short video at Ryton Gardens, home of Garden Organic. It is only a partial glimpse of the gardens set to music, hopefully it will be part of a series filmed during the Spring and Summer.