A very quick post just to celebrate the glorious golden leaf carpet in the Old Orchard Garden last week. Those large crunkly leaves – lined golden hands with their fingers spread – are from the Oriental Plane – or so my ‘Picture This’ app told me. They looked amazing and I am glad I snapped …
Old orchard Garden Hampstead Heath
Diggin’ an’ loggin’ an’ ditchin’…..
Yep – it’s the digging and ditching season. A great workout for us Heath Hands-ers before spring and the weeds really get going and we are back down on our hands and knees doing battle with the chickweed, the bindweed, the ground elder, the enchanter’s nightshade and the creeping buttercups. So, job number 1 – …
Working with Heath Hands
I would hesitate to say that the steamingly hot mug of tea and handful of biscuits that you get half way through your gardening session (here being dispensed by the lovely Ash in the Hill Garden) is the main attraction of working with Heath Hands – but it certainly puts a kick in your spade! …