Sep 19, 2021 | Mickey's Blog, The Garden
The first marvellous specimen of white ginger unfurled its petals on 6 March (just after someone was asking if I had them here at our Kitchen Gardening Day). I would find it near impossible to tell you my favourite floral scent, but white ginger certainly is right up...
Sep 19, 2021 | Mickey's Blog, The Garden
How we LOVE them!
Sep 19, 2021 | Mickey's Blog, The Garden
Early summer morning and the kitchen bench is smothered in roses tipped from my basket….
Sep 19, 2021 | Mickey's Blog, The Garden
November….the month that marks the cusp of seasonal change. It’s the time we farewell the ‘prettiness’ of early spring. The blossom is long gone, fallen to the ground, baked in the hot sun, then thankfully, washed away by a welcome downpour...
Sep 19, 2021 | Mickey's Blog, The Garden
Is she not the most perfect pink? The English Rose, Constance Spry; one of the first bred by David Austin and one of the first roses I chose to plant in the garden. She has a strong myrrh fragrance and flowers only once a year, in the spring. This is the very...
Sep 19, 2021 | Mickey's Blog, The Garden
What joy, after a few days absence from the garden in daylight hours, to discover the Bourbon rose Souvenir de la Malmaison hitting its straps! I picked the very first flower of the season a couple of weeks ago, but these three display the rose at its various stages...
