Monthly Archives: March 2016

March – optimism against the odds?

Posted on March 16, 2016 by londonrdstationpartnership

There’s a lot in this blog about the weather: our gardening lives are dominated by it. Today started out a bright cold morning: blue sky, sunshine and a sense of spring in the air. A morning designed to inspire optimism and … Continue reading →

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International women’s day in the garden

Posted on March 10, 2016 by londonrdstationpartnership

Sandi Toksvig in her Brighton show on International Women’s Day urged women to get out there, and be active and joyful in a mad and somewhat surreal-ly skewed world. We were …  and will be: all four decades of us.

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Seeds for spring

Posted on March 8, 2016 by londonrdstationpartnership

Yesterday was bright and sunny and for the first time in 2016 I spent the whole day in the garden, pottering and clearing. Sadly, this morning, it’s grey and overcast and we can’t do our planned garden centre visit. Time, … Continue reading →

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Pot potatoes – our ‘feature’ for 2016

Posted on March 1, 2016 by londonrdstationpartnership

March 1st: it should have been a presage of spring but after a wonderful bright day yesterday, we woke up to ‘mist and murk’, wind and rain again. I cancelled the usual Tuesday workday as it was very wet outdoors. … Continue reading →

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