compost – Notes from Crathes

Nature’s capital

Yet more rain has fallen. When I visited Crathes mid-December I found the rangers working hard on the Millpond sluice. There had been heavy rain overnight and the sluices had to be opened to avoid overflow of the pond. But now that the rain had stopped, the sluice had to be adjusted to keep theContinue reading “Nature’s capital”

Hope springs eternal

There’s a lot of hope involved in gardening. I watch Joanna tending her cuttings in the enlarged propagation bench. On the hot days of September it needed a lot of care – shading the cuttings with a green mesh in the heat, but rolling back the mesh to water or mist maybe four or fiveContinue reading “Hope springs eternal”