Making our own confetti from rose petals
Every year we have a glut of rose petals that usually get composted but this year the rose petals are being put to very good and special use
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Feb 294 min read
New trees for winter colour and wildlife
We usually plant a few trees each winter. This year we have concentrated on the back meadow area, which is rather bare and boring during...
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Oct 27, 20232 min read
Grow Your Own Cup of Tea
Last year I attended a super workshop at Langdon led by Mandy Rickard called Weeds and Wildflowers. At the end of the morning we shared...
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Jul 27, 20232 min read
Flowers, frustrations and the art of patience in the garden
Gardener Gail Rowlands updates on how the flowers are reacting to the fluctuating summer weather, and the best types of flowers for pollinat
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Jun 29, 20232 min read
Experimenting with the Cut Flower Beds
It has been a very slow start for the garden and me (thanks to a nasty dose of covid and another knee injury) this year. Thankfully the...
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Jun 22, 20231 min read
Flowers for your vegetable garden
Why I think Calendula and Nasturtiums are Garden Superheroes I have been growing these flowers amongst my vegetables for the last few...
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Jun 22, 20232 min read
Get a bee hotel for your garden – they’re fascinating!
Useful facts about putting up a bee house for solitary bees in your garden.
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May 8, 20232 min read
Grow Your Own...Cut Flowers
by Langdon gardener, Gail Last year in one of my bored moments I decided it would be a great idea to create a Cut Flower Border. Needless...
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May 2, 20235 min read
What are the benefits of having fish in our pond? Are there drawbacks for wildlife?
Our large pond, which has been part of the farm landscape for at least 450 years, is teeming with fish. They’re a mixture of carp -...
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May 1, 20232 min read
This week in the garden......
Tips and observations from Langdon gardener, Gail It’s amazing what a bit of sun and warmth can do to a garden. A couple of weeks ago I...
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Apr 25, 20231 min read
Follow the yellow brick road: A shady spring border
by Gail Rowlands (Langdon gardener) What do you do when one of your bosses decides to construct a beautiful path through a scrubby bit of...
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Apr 24, 20232 min read
Where have all the flowers gone?
Guest blog by Langdon gardener, Gail Rowlands If you are like me you are wondering if spring will ever actually arrive for more than a...
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Mar 28, 20233 min read
My Wilderness Experiment
Composting, wilding and trying something new
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Nov 21, 20224 min read
Dead wood - dead good for your garden
Why dead wood is a must in a wildlife friendly garden Dead wood is bountiful in the Langdon garden and we love it. We have learned and...
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Oct 11, 20223 min read
Slices of Quince
"They dined on mince, and slices of quince, which they ate with a runcible spoon..." (Edward Lear, The Owl and the Pussycat) What is...
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Sep 26, 20222 min read
What can I do with my green tomatoes?
The autumn is bringing cooler temperatures and so I'm thinking about what I should do with all the green tomatoes still hanging on the...
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Sep 17, 20217 min read
Does compostable plastic really compost?
Returning to the Big Compost Experiment As you may have noticed, I’m getting increasingly nutty about compost (currently researching...
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Jul 12, 20215 min read
News from the Compost Kitchen
Back in February I shared my composting-beginner’s pride at having managed to put together this three-bay compost kitchen, made out of...
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Jun 18, 20219 min read
Meadow Making
Meadow June 2021 – Ox-eye daisies, yellow rattle, buttercups Here’s me, yesterday, proudly posing with my patch of meadowing success – a...
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Jun 2, 20215 min read
What on earth is ‘earthing up’?
As I greeted my emerging potato plants with glee a month or so ago, I wondered about the whole earthing up business. What’s it all for?...
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