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Well, that was the shady garden at London Rd Station back at the beginning of April. We’re now just over a month later and it’s been very warm and dry. The spring flowers are over, the foliage has grown huge … Continue reading →

It’s an annual feeling of relief: suddenly the sky is blue and despite cold nights, the sun has been out most days. Buds are opening on our fruit trees at London Rd Station. Last week, we started pruning our crazy … Continue reading →

The weather has been encouraging hibernation: very low light, damp and rainy, then cold and frosty. What the weather bods call ‘anticyclonic gloom’ seems to have dominated the south east of England for the past months. But the days are … Continue reading →

You need celebrations in an English winter. The weather this year has been relentlessly damp, dreary, dark and drizzly. we managed a joyful Christmas tea just before Christmas – a more festive version of our usual Tuesday tea, with mulled … Continue reading →

I’m always in two minds as to whether we should continue to plant up the tree pits in front of the station building. Given that they house trees – two Rowan trees and a new small elm variety – the … Continue reading →

We’ve just renewed the planting in our platform planters, with help from Maggie who used to garden with us. Fingers crossed, the bright cyclamen and early daffodils will last into the spring. It’s been a dry couple of weeks but … Continue reading →

End of October, beginning of November … the clocks have gone back to GMT, the evenings are dark. Gardens are winding down towards the winter. We still have flowers out at London Rd Station, and the weather has been remarkably … Continue reading →

Beautiful blue sky this morning at London Rd Station, and thankfully we did a bit of work late morning rather than our usual afternoon slot. We planted ‘Minnow’ daffodils in Madeleine’s mini-garden planter. We also cleared the rampant squash in … Continue reading →

The unexpected crops are always the best. This afternoon I set out to dig over the potato bed by the wall, adding compost and eventually sowing with green manure seeds. What I was not expected was a generous crop of … Continue reading →

Bulbs can be very annoying. They come up with wonderful colour to break through the grey of February and March but after April, the flowers fade and the long ungainly leaves droop. Received wisdom is to let the leaves die … Continue reading →