Tips and Advice

Over 30 years ago I was making a large garden about 20 miles from here in the Herefordshire countryside (The story of which I told which I wrote about in ‘The Prickotty Bush’ pub 1990. Spoiler alert: it ended badly). Part of my rather grandiose plans were to carve the steep hillside into a series of terraces with a large lawn, rose terrace, bowling green and herb garden.

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Climate change has meant that November has become one of the busiest months in my garden. 20 years ago we used to prepare the garden for winter in October in the certain knowledge that November would bring days - if not weeks - of some cold, sharp frosts.

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