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THE TATSFIELD GARDENER IN MARCH As I write these notes (mid February) I have been watching bumble bees and butterflies in the garden drawn there by the lovely scent of my winter flowering shrubs mentioned in my last notes. I have noticed also that the pansies and violas are now making strong growth and lots…

THE TATSFIELD GARDENER IN JANUARY/FEBRUARY A happy new gardening year to all Tatsfield gardeners, I am sure we are all wondering what challenges await us! Do you remember our super Tatsfield in Bloom project Tatsfield is Buzzing that won us another gold medal in 2017? We planted a bed full of bee friendly pollinating perennial…

THE TATSFIELD GARDENER IN DECEMBER The rainfall in November has been a bit above average and will need to stay that way if we are to replenish our deep underground aquifers before next spring. Despite the rainfall, the percolation through the chalk into the aquifers will take many months. It is about this time that…

THE TATSFIELD GARDENER IN OCTOBER Here and there in the low lying areas of the village you may have noticed a very brief ground frost late last month? It was the same this time last year. These early frosts are fleeting, only the early risers will see them and they look just like a heavy…

THE TATSFIELD GARDENER IN SEPTEMBER Well wasn’t it a scorcher! We have been inundated with details of records broken and dire warnings that this is likely to be repeated more often in the future as if this was a new situation. Old weather watchers like me remember the first Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) report…