Letters to garden makers

Dear reader, I need reminding of all that is good, all that is beautiful and positive about this place that we live in. There is just so much negativity (much of it justified) relating to what we have done to this planet, that it becomes overwhelming and truly depressing. Light is what lifts my spirit. So here is what lifted me over the last few days. Yes even the greenhouse lifted my spirits. There remains a beauty beyond our ruining. Paul

Dear reader, It has been some time since I posted anything garden related. I have a small garden and I have come to realise that you may get fed up of me going on about it and taking pics of it. But even a small space can be dynamic, constantly changing and surprising me. Perhaps it is short term memory, but I'm sure the garden shifts when I'm not looking. I have been preoccupied with starting a MA and it has required a great deal of effort to keep up with the younger minds. I almost abandoned hope and thought I had made a big mistake, but then I realised that creativity is in our genes and I cannot unsee the things that lift my spirit, and in that respect having a garden is such a blessing. Perhaps the word blessing is an old fashioned word but it does describe how having a garden feels to me - despite the disappointments and losses and mistakes that I make - it continues to surprise. I love trees and love being surrounded by them. My neighbours keep telling me to c...