Waspman
Forget the superhero movies, wasps don’t get a good press. They’re always in your beer in the pub garden, buzzing aggressively around...
My kingdom for a hose
We have avoided a hose pipe band in Surbiton so far, but it can’t be far away. Monty was talking on Gardener’s World about how anyone...
Made in Chelsea
After watching a lot of the Chelsea Flower Show this week, I am all Chelsea’d out. It’s the world’s leading horticultural show and given...
I am so-o-o-o Monty
I didn’t think I’d ever be able to say this. I am so Monty. I have very few things in common with gardening maestro Monty Don – we hold...
Forest Clump
When it comes to establishing spring flowering bulbs in the garden, it’s lovely to see a nice solid clump. Who doesn’t love a clump? ...
Danger, garden ahead
Just when you thought it was safe to go back into the garden… Spring is a time when most gardeners are raring to get back out in the...
Does a tree falling in the forest make a sound?
In the forest, when a tree falls to the ground – does it make a sound? This is a question that has taxed the minds of great philosophers...
And we've got to get ourselves...back to the garden
There are times when I deeply miss Maurice and the old Woodstock Garden Centre. He ran the enterprise on the site where Squires, Long...
Wye College (RIP)
Something that always goes down well at work is the Christmas – “Guess who the hell that is” competition. I ask people in the office to...
Turf love...
In my regular 9-5 pursuit of publishing books, one of the titles I’ve worked on was Houston Then and Now. Houston, on the Buffalo Bayou,...