Thank you for dropping by! I love winter! Not the grey sky or the freezing cold or even being outside some days. No, I love the chance to think, read and plan. By the end of each autumn I'm physically tired and a bit jaded to be honest. This is my second year working as a gardener. Both winters I have treated myself to some inspirational books on gardening. This year I bought, for bargain prices:
Geoff Hamilton's Practical Gardening course
"Life in a Cottage Garden" by Carol Klein.
and "The Cottage Gardener's Companion"
The Geoff Hamilton Book is excellent, I'm so glad I bought it - from the basic to the complex but all explained well and in such a way that it really sinks in as he makes sure you really understand the principles behind everythings. Lots of big photos!
The Carol Klein book just has such lovely photos and descriptions which make you want to buy every plant she talks about! I'm also guilty of putting the odd bit of highlighter on the text as there are some really good tips in there too.
The Cottage Gardener's book I haven't started yet but I've had a quick peek and can't wait to start it - it looks like a book for life for me!
3 more months of winter to finish them all! A bargain at under £20 for all three including postage, so much cheaper and so much more relaxing than a course! I can't wait to use what I've learned next year and my plant wish list is growing rapidly!
In the garden a few plants are still looking lovely, in spite of quite a few frosts. Cheering me up a little when I pull in the driveway. There are some orange marigolds which grew from seed sown late in summer, the leaves and flowers are still perfect.
A nepeta with its silvery leaves still looking lovely and still has the odd flower on it.
There is also a little yellow rose I bought for my husband's birthday in June and put in a pot I decorated with Zentangle for him. It wasn't happy in the pot so its now in my front garden, its leaves are untouched by winter and its still producing beautiful yellow roses. Its called Flower Power Gold.
Take care
Caroline
xx
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