Category Archives: Practical gardening

Start of the late winter tidy-up – Cold Season Grasses

Posted on January 5, 2013 by Michael

This is a timely reminder to cut back cold season grasses in late winter just before they start in to new growth. Normally, I would do this in February in Amsterdam, but this winter it is ridiculously mild here and … Continue reading →

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Greenhouse Vegetables

Posted on January 1, 2013 by Michael

I dreamed of my own greenhouse long before I had it and in the beginning I grew lots of annuals in spring, failed to grow tomatoes in the summer and stored pot plants there in the winter. It was a … Continue reading →

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Perennial Garden Spring Tidy-Up

Posted on March 18, 2012 by Michael

What a strange winter here in the Netherlands. Almost the mildest on record until the end of January and then more than three weeks of intense cold in February. The result is that my normal plan of tidying up the … Continue reading →

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Winter ends, gardening begins

Posted on February 29, 2012 by Michael

Its official, the last day of February marks the end of the meteorological winter and this year its a day later. Or at least that’s what my weather lady tells me on Dutch television. I always had in my head … Continue reading →

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Creative Weeding

Posted on November 15, 2011 by Michael

This gardening practice is well established in Dutch gardening where native plants as well as hardy annuals form a recurring element within planting designs. As a design concept the spontaneous appearance of delicate plants throughout a border or indeed a … Continue reading →

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