2017 Gardening Calendar

Gardeners live by seasons

In summer, we fret about drought predictions, try to beat the birds to the sweetest strawberries and take bets on when our first heirloom tomatoes will ripen. In autumn, we stock our pantries with homemade preserves and marvel at the pyrotechnic striptease performed by deciduous trees before we rake their fallen leaves into piles to feed our compost heaps. Come winter, we worry about Jack Frost’s damaging nocturnal dalliances and wonder whether our gumboots will spring a leak in all the mud, but then spring arrives and it’s all forgotten as we get stuck in: sowing, planting, weeding, feeding – and celebrating the sense of renewal and optimism that goes hand in hand with the new growing season. May this calendar bring you lots of pleasure – plus some of my best hints and tips – as you toil in the soil throughout the coming months. Happy gardening! PS: For more gardening know-how, follow me on www.facebook.com/LyndaHallinanGardening