Escape the stress – festive and otherwise – with a midwinter project that weaves calm, control and creativity back into the season. Tight. Knotted. Coiled like a wound-up, corroding spring. Stuck. All too much. That’s where my mind is right now. It wasn’t a quick journey getting there, via the stress-fuelled frustration superhighway – but […]

The greenhouse in December is still, cold, and dark. It feels like a moment of deep pause. But it’s also precisely the moment when us gardeners – particularly those of us with greenhouses – can begin coaxing the first signs of spring to life. We usually associate forcing bulbs with Christmas displays, but I am […]