The sun is out, the sky is blue, so I’ve snapped some pictures of my own garden… We’re on to a second phase of flowering here in the Leicestershire/Derbyshire borders. Early season crocus, tulips, daffodils and bluebells have been and gone, and now the next wave of perennials and bulbs are taking centre stage. I took a lot of photos on Wednesday, at the start of our current fine spell of weather, but by Saturday the garden...

May means it’s time for Chelsea – the Flower Show, not the Football Club*. The first Royal Horticultural Society Spring Flower Show was held in 1888, not in Chelsea but in the three acre Inner Temple gardens in central London, surrounded by lawyers who were not impressed with the disruption – the wafts of soup from the catering stands proving particularly upsetting. Moving to the larger Royal Hospital, Chelsea in 1913, the show proved to...

We love infographics here at Lush Towers, so here’s one I found on my travels through Pinterest, on the subject of starting up a vegetable garden. Enjoy!   Source: http://FrugalDad.com