Cottage Living With Michelle

16/11/2023

It's been a busy year in and out of the garden.

Checklist:
Final Grass Cut ☑️ Hedge Cut ☑️ Spring Bulbs Planted ☑️ Planters Tidyed ☑️ Leaves Collected ☑️

Now to plan for next year! 🌷🌺

What spring flowering bulbs have you planted?

Looking forward to sitting down and hibernating a little over the winter months.

Photo: Spring in the Garden 2023

25/07/2023

Sorry been alittle absent.

Here is an article you might find interesting - 10-ways-to-grow-gorgeous-plants-for-little-or-no-money.

You don’t need to spend much to get into gardening – a little bit of effort and some thoughtful recycling will go far. Here are our top tips for low-cost cultivation

02/06/2023

Strawberries 🍓 in the making 😋

What are you excited about in the garden/patio/window box?

31/05/2023

Another awesome celebratory floral clock in progress 🤩

This out🚶‍♀️in .

Have you spotted this year's celebratory ?

30/05/2023

The blueberry shrubs in flower. Fingers crossed for our first blueberry crop this year.

What are you growing for the first time and looking forward to harvesting?

29/05/2023

It's elderflower season! Will you be making elderflower cordial?

Enjoy a fresh and fragrant drink with easy and delicious elderflower cordial recipe - the perfect summer drink.

24/05/2023

Flowering chives 😍

They look pretty, attract pollinators and are delicious!

23/05/2023

Out and about buying more plants today. Never enough plants;)

Sedum (bees love this plant) and Fatsia Japonica (an architectural evergreen foilage plant).

What have you recently added to the garden or is on your plant list?

22/05/2023

Strawberry plants blooming beautifully 😍

18/05/2023

Yellow poppies looking bright and beautiful in between the tulips 😀

A happy unplanned surprise 😍

What happy surprises have you discovered in your garden?

17/05/2023

Sweetpea update🌱

The directly sown sweetpeas are coming along nicely 👌