Tom Sharples

Our gardening year moves into October and the daylength shortens as inevitably winter approaches.

There are however plenty of tasks that need our attention for this month, so let’s take a look at what we need to do in the various areas of our garden.

September is with us and suddenly there is a subtle change as harvesting starts to take over from propagation in how you spend your time in your garden!

We have had some well needed rain down here in the south-west and in  my opinion, vegetables are cropping that bit earlier and the same is true for flowers blooming!

But the year moves on, so let’s see what tasks await us in our September garden!

Hi folks!

As I start to write our August blog I am very conscious of how dry the ground has become here in Devon. After nearly spraining my wrist by jabbing down into what felt like concrete, I departed in search of my trusted ‘pick-axe’ - and problem solved! Normal service was resumed and normal soil resumed! Just a ‘bone-dry soil crust!

April is with us, and as the daylength increases, so does the light intensity, the sun has real warmth, all signs that spring is with us at last!

Suddenly March is with us and let’s hope it proves to be a real harbinger of spring!

The weather in February with its constant, cold, wet weather seemed to go on and on throughout the month. So much for our hopes of an early start in 2025.

British gardeners however are nothing if not optimistic, so let’s hope March ‘gets us growing!’

February is with us and hopefully it will be a little more spring-like to make up for what was a pretty cold January, especially in the more northerly parts of the country.

Another year and hopefully we gardeners’ approach 2025 with a sense of optimism!

Where has the year gone? The months have gone so quickly in another passing year!

It’s true to say that that our weather has varied around the country, but in general, later crops and flowering displays were good around the country.

However, we have one month to go, so let’s take a look for what’s happening in our December garden.