What’s going on: May 2017

by | Last updated Jan 13, 2018 | Published on May 31, 2017 | Garden

What’s Going On May 2017 31 MAY, 2017 Garden Plants Perennials   The weather is nice and I got up early. Normally I wake up at 5 am. On one of these occasions, I made this lovely picture towards the meadows from an early sunrise. View toward American Garden with...

What’s going on April 2017

by | Last updated Jan 13, 2018 | Published on Apr 18, 2017 | Flower Bulbs, Garden, Tulips

What’s Going On April 2017 18 APRIL 2017 Bulbs Perennials   Last night we had a rather cold night but it didn’t bother all the bulb flowers. The dew on their petals gives them instant freshness. A nice opportunity to take some pictures. A present from...

Cold Frames

by | Last updated Jan 13, 2018 | Published on Mar 28, 2017 | Annuals, Garden, Perennials, Sowing, Spring

Cold Frames Hall’s Jumbo mini Greenhouse placed on the terras of Viller the Garden. Photograph by Frank Fritschy 28 MARCH, 2016 Astronomy Life Society In February I started to sow annuals and some perennials. In order to grow them to healthy young plants I...

Forsythia

by | Last updated Mar 27, 2018 | Published on Mar 21, 2017 | Garden, Garden Tools, Secateurs, Shrubs, Spring

Forsythia 21 MARCH, 2017 Garden Tools Secateurs Shrubs Spring A  harbinger of spring and probably the most sold shrub at Garden centres at the end of the last century. At the same time, the Forsythia is the most maltreated shrub around. Don’t use hedge trimmers...

Gertrude Jekyll’s lost Garden

by | Last updated Jan 13, 2018 | Published on Feb 16, 2017 | Garden

MY FAVOURITE BOOKS Gertrude Jekyll’s lost Garden BY FRANK FRITSCHY 16 February 2017 In 1908 Gertrude Jekyll designed the garden at the Manor House at Upton Grey. For a few decades, it was a fine example of Edwardian garden design. After the Second World War...