Sarah Raven’s expert guide to growing cut flowers all year round is a must-read.
This is a lovely, lovely book to start the year with. Sarah Raven is one of the world’s best-known cut flower experts. She doesn’t just pick beautiful flowers, but she also knows how to grow them well, and is super-clear in her instructions to gardeners who want to fill their homes with flowers.
This cutting garden journal is beautiful but practical. It takes you through the year and through all the tasks you’ll need to do at certain times of the year to ensure a steady flow of flowers. So there are recommendations on what to grow, practical photo-illustrated guides on plant care, such as pricking out seedlings and taking semi-ripe cuttings, and checklists each month.
If your New Year’s resolution is to grow more cut flowers, this book, published by Frances Lincoln, is a must-read. And we are offering one lucky F&F reader a copy as a prize. You need to be quick as this competition runs for just one week. But all you need to do is post your New Year’s resolution in the comments below before 8 January. We’ll pick a winner at random.
Now I’ve cut back the ‘jungle’ in the back, I have to grow an abundance of colour to replace it!
To spend more fun time outside with the children
My resolution is to teach my daughters about the joys of gardening. We have a very large, very over-grown garden that desperately needs attention and this year my little people and I are going to turn it from an ugly jungle-like space into an area to be proud of. We are hoping to cover it in a riot of colourful flowers, sweet smelling herbs and luscious leaves.
I’m attempting to eat more healthily - it isn’t going amazingly well so far!
To get super fit and healthy
My New Year’s resolution is to discover and learn about how to grow my own herbs and vegetables and not to be so reliant on shop bought produce.
to do successional planting to ensure year round growing on my allotment.
to be healthier
To declutter my house and shed allready made a start on DVD’s and books
To declutter the house and shed allready started on DVD’s and books
Mine is to run my first marathon this year
to grow as much of our fruit and vegetables as I can - a new venture for me!
To not make huge goals but little ones like walking to the store instead of driving when needing only a bit