Monty is in his orchard harvesting his apples in readiness to store them. Monty treats the apple harvest as a process. This is due to the apples ripening over a period of about a month. The ones that get the most sun come first and then the last ones will follow four or five weeks later, so he tends to pick half a dozen times. Also different trees ripen at different times because they're in different groups. Carol Klein explores the intriguing world of the Eupatorium which belongs to Asteraceae, the daisy family. Carol also met up with wildlife expert, Jan Miller who holds a National Collection of Eupatoriums in her garden near Holywell.
Monty is in the Lime Walk which is the main link from the house to the garden. It changes across the seasons and over the twenty years since its creation, the roots have grown and it's not only got darker because everything's got bigger, but also it's got much much drier, so the planting has chan...
Monty is in the Lime Walk. Last week, as part of the revamp and simplification of the planting in the Lime Walk, he moved the white cyclamen from there to the White Garden and left the pink cyclamen, to which he added more. His plan is to plant a simple strip of plants along the narrow path that ...
Monty clears space in the border to make space for the wallflowers which he needs to plant now in order for them to flower next Spring. He clears out sunflowers and cosmos but leaves the salvia and phlox. Carol Klein visited the Picton family - Paul and wife Meriel and daughter Helen, in Malvern,...
