Author: Vivi

I’m continuing with my indoor gardening session. Today it’s all about the plants. I’ll be discussing their cares and needs; watering, light, potting on etc and also some simple propagation techniques. Plus a word about the ability (or not?) of house plants to purify air.

I’ve been shopping at a garden centre….eek, I actually spent some money (£19/$24US)! Today I’m getting ready to do some indoor gardening and I chat about my lovely garden centre and some great services they offer and what I bought. I also talk about the benefits of using Perlite vs Vermiculite and which is best depending on the job you’re doing (both indoors and outside).

It has been five and a half weeks since I showed you around the garden: in that time I have been mostly absent (so the bindweed grew!) and our weather has changed from scorching sunny days to cooler, wet days. The wet has helped the plants settle in and get going but, goodness me, they could do with some warmth and sunshine now. Even so, I am pleased with where things are at and delighted that the garden is producing and pleases my eye. Oh, and the bush bean I mentioned is Beurre de Rocquencourt – it’s gorgeous!

It’s another soggy day so I’m taking time out for a chat…about myriad things including my recent new purchase and subsequent ‘disaster’ when ironing……books…….barn building (I love!) and trees……and a very, very early memory of a time in Dorset without my beloved trees.

Filmed July 19th. Hurray for the first bits of harvests coming in….despite the garden being planted up quite late. But first I try to gather up the slug collars and talk about how they work……and later, back in the shed before the rain comes, I chat about using and storing those courgettes which we miss and therefore grow massive and a bit tough. They definitely belong in the kitchen and not the compost bin!

Apologies: the first section with the tomatoes is a bit quiet….the rest is normal. Although we are forecast a load of rain to come I decide my pots need a good soaking……I talk about the blueberries watering requirements. And, on the subject of rain, thoughts are turning to the possibility of tomato blight so today I am giving them a bit of pre-emptive care. Coming back to the garden after an absence of nearly a month can be quite daunting (weeds! etc)….today I chat about how I prioritise the work when so much needs doing.

Filmed at the very beginning of July. Ahhh, summer! Well, the weather might not be playing ball but some of my favourite things about summer are happening anyway…..and they bring me enormous joy. Another chatty one with some memories of times in Greece thrown into the mix…….I’m making the most of summer while it lasts. Oh, and, life lessons from a glacier!

I had mentioned, in a previous video, that I am really loving the garden this year……more than ever before, in fact. I think there are a number of reasons for this and it’s largely down to the changes I have made this year so…….while I sit and harvest some blueberries I talk about what those changes have been and I hope, by sharing, that other folk may get some ideas to help them stay in their gardens if they’ve recently thought about giving it up.

Filmed back in June. Today I’m reminiscing about my first summer job and the lovely weeks spent working and playing at the seaside (and my first summer holiday romance)…..which also makes me think about cream teas (and how much I really want one right now!). And I have a couple of books to share with you; one of which was particularly challenging. Join me for a walk down memory lane filled with sandy toes and salty kisses….just like the sign in my shed says.

After an absence of three weeks I’m getting back to the garden and, more than that, getting back to making videos. Baby steps. Today is about giving thanks……and the joy of the wildlife in my garden, particularly the Stag beetles and the Jays……