Growing in Hard Places

In my previous garden I was spoilt. Although it was on a hill it had been terraced with beds full of established plants, and at the bottom was a small courtyard that was the ultimate sun trap, easily mirroring something you'd see in the Mediterranean. I enjoyed tending to the previous owners plants and filled the courtyard with pots of my own favourite summer-flowering perennials. On moving to our new site we brought all these pots with us; salvia, fuchia and campanula to nam

As a gardener of only six years I'm in no way an expert. I think the term "keen amateur" would be a good description and the more I garden the more I realise how much there is to learn. This is especially true when you're working under less than ideal conditions. The garden in its fifth summer. Yes, it's a bit rough around the edges but I love it, and so does the wildlife. After beginning to get my fingers green in 2020, I moved to this garden in early 2021, hugely excited by