Monthly Archives: October 2019

The Joy of Fruit What gets your horticultural juices flowing? A hedge trim?, an autumn bed clean up ? what is it!!. I have a thing, or can I say it is more of a guilty pleasure and its fruit. Its the look, smell & taste that gets me in a good mood. The smell of a …

The hottest place in Ålesund in #Winter is my compost heap!! My name is the English Gardener & I’m a composter, “there I said it”. I’m ready to get you all outside & yes even in winter to give it a go. Especially in winter, it is possible!! the added bonus of seeing the steam …

The wrath of the winter moth!  So its that time again, wow how that year has flown. It is October and time to get those grease bands out the shed and get protecting your fruit trees from the Winter moth (Operophtera brumata). The weather here in Norway is already 1c, the seasons change rather quickly …

“The time is nigh!” What is your experience with making leaf mould? is it a little confusing, a pointless excercise or are you a recycling king or queen. I seriously dig #composting but I’ve also a little love for the lonely leaf mould pile and I feel it deserves a little limelight. WHY LEAF MOULD? …