Monty is in the writing garden, which will become the white garden. So far it's mostly been grass but now he wants to plant it up. He loves that in May there is apple blossom and cow parsley, and that it has a lightness and a frothiness and it's just a magical week or so. But he's wanted more than that and therefore dug up the grass. He wants to start by planting two roses.
Monty tells us it's an ideal time to plant bi-annuals for next year and, from his nursery beds, digs up Erysimum cheiri 'Blood Red', Wallflower plants which he's grown from seed. Monty replants the wallflowers in beds in the box garden.
Monty is in his pumpkin patch and is harvesting them. They store really well, they taste good and they're fantastic winter food, so he wants to make the most of what he's got. He recommends that when you're harvesting them it is important to cut them, not yank them, and also to keep a good piece...
Monty opens the programme with the menu sequence and, now that we're truly in the throes of autumn, Monty turns his attention to collecting fallen leaves. Monty regards these as a free harvest and shows us different ways to make leaf mould. Leaf mould is different to compost. Compost is very ric...
