Looking Back on the Week that Was, 10/10/20

On Wednesday morning I thought, "this is it; this is going to be the extent of our gardening for the week. It'll be like that quip, summer fell on a Thursday this year". Monday and Tuesday had poor weather and not a thing was done outside. Wednesday morning had started dark, breezy, cold and generally …

November 1st Garden Walk

We are enjoying a wonderful break in the weather today – yesterday was a day of persistent heavy rain; tomorrow will be a day of persistent heavy rain with strong winds while today is a day of persistent light rain, such a relief! Pfffffffff! Any thoughts of actually going outside and doing some gardening is …

The Bay Garden – Always a Delight

Domesticity of scale adds to the winning charm of The Bay Garden in Ferns, Co. Wexford, the garden of Iain and Frances McDonald.  Although a reasonably large garden by today’s norms it is experienced in a series of relatively small stages so that the visitor takes in the garden at a gradual and comfortable pace …