A welcome return to the basics

This year is a year of simple, straightforward, wholesome gardening and enjoyment. I get to revel in the fundamentals: Pottering, weeding, deadheading, supporting, clipping, mulching, sowing...

For us gardeners, shivering above 50° north, the new garden season is fast approaching. I can hear its footfall, softly tiptoeing up the garden path. The shadow line, cast by the house and hill above…