August is really a new season and carries the weight of summer and the seeds of winter. Much of the garden is coming to full fruition with flowers, fruits and vegetables all ripening and acquiring a fulsome quality that no other month matches. But at the same time this is clearly a kind of ending and the demands of spring and summer growth start to show.
Read MoreFirst let me apologise for the lack of a June update. The reason was simply that I was completing my latest book ‘MY GARDEN WORLD’ which will be published on September 17th . Together with filming Gardeners World for two days every week throughout lockdown - entirely on my own in the garden via robot cameras- and keeping my various journalistic commitments going has taken every waking hour.
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