David Marsden

LATEST ARTICLES ( 161 )

• Beauty And A Beast

  

  The gardens are generally looking fine.Kidney Beds 6th JuneThough frankly if they didn’t during June, I might as well give up and get a proper job.Kidney Beds... Read more

  Posted on 01 July 2014 GARDENING, HOME

• “I Hate You”

  

  I could not believe my ears. Had she really just said that? I’d only known Margaret (the local farmer) for a few hours. How could she possibly have formed such ... Read more

  Posted on 15 June 2014 GARDENING, HOME

• Jenny Wren And The White Hart*

  

  Water quality in the east pond has recovered.  Heavy winter rain has flushed out any remaining sewage, bleach and bath-suds.  (A cowboy plumber, working in 2008... Read more

  Posted on 07 June 2014 GARDENING, HOME

• An End To May

  

  As I walk about the Priory gardens,I am watched.When deep in thought (it happens), I might suddenly look up and be quite startled.  These four made me jump – bu... Read more

  Posted on 31 May 2014 GARDENING, HOME

• Win A Copy Of ‘Remaking A Garden’

  

  As promised, here’s another book giveaway.It is a treat being sent new books but finding time to read them is a problem.  When Jessica at Frances Lincoln sent m... Read more

  Posted on 27 May 2014 GARDENING, HOME

• Chelsea Flower Show 2014

  

  I’d never been to the Chelsea Flower Show before.  The thought of large crowds blocking what I want to see has always put me off.  That and being pestered by... Read more

  Posted on 20 May 2014 GARDENING, HOME

• One Day In May

  

  Yesterday was a special day.A five-minute walk away at Margaret’s farm, the cows were being let out to summer pasture.  I’ve written about this annual event in... Read more

  Posted on 16 May 2014 GARDENING, HOME

• Win A Copy Of ‘Kitchen Garden Experts’

  

  Here at Anxious Gardener International (East Sussex Div.), I just love to give. Why, I’m practically a charity. Here’s one of two books I’ll be giving away... Read more

  Posted on 13 May 2014 GARDENING, HOME

• Gravetye Manor

  

  I planted a Clematis ‘Gravetye Beauty’ early last year but I had no idea what or who it was named after. And then in August, a blogging friend, Sara, wrote abou... Read more

  Posted on 05 May 2014 GARDENING, HOME

• Breathe In

  

  About a week ago, my laptop died and I spent hours trying to resurrect it.  I failed.  So I spent several more hours.  And failed again.  Then I panicked. Read more

  Posted on 30 April 2014 GARDENING, HOME

• Canada Geese

  

  are a rare and shy visitor to the Priory.But this year a pair have arrived who don’t fly off, honking, when I appear.Introduced from North America and considere... Read more

  Posted on 16 April 2014 GARDENING, HOME

• Walking Across England

  

  I’ve recently returned from a fifteen day walk across Northern England.I started at Ulverston, Cumbria and finished at Berwick-Upon-Tweed, Northumberland. Read more

  Posted on 09 April 2014 GARDENING, HOME

• Butterfly Conservation Membership Offer

  

  When I took the job as gardener at the Priory one of my primary aims was to help sustain the rich wildlife in the gardens and, if possible, to attract even more. Read more

  Posted on 03 April 2014 GARDENING, HOME

• A Mild Sense Of Panic

  

  After almost three weeks away from the Priory, the difference on my return is marked and, for late March, the garden far more advanced than usual.  (I shall do ... Read more

  Posted on 30 March 2014 GARDENING, HOME

• If It’s March …

  

  … then it must be time for a walk; a good long walk.  Early each year I hang up my secateurs, lock the greenhouse, pack a rucksack and go walking.  And this yea... Read more

  Posted on 08 March 2014 GARDENING, HOME

• A February Springtime

  

  Helleborus foetidusThere has been little sign of life at the Priory recently; other than me that is (a surly and dishevelled figure, crouched beneath a conifer... Read more

  Posted on 23 February 2014 GARDENING, HOME

• Berlin Zoo

  

  You may remember that last April, my brother and I spent some time in Poland before jumping on a train at Gdańsk and trundling westward to my favourite city –... Read more

  Posted on 15 February 2014 GARDENING, HOME

• Still Here, Still Gardening

  

  Or at least, I’ve been gardening as much as I possibly can.A new pond on the west lawnIt is still very, very wet here in Sussex – I can’t do as much as I’d... Read more

  Posted on 08 February 2014 GARDENING, HOME

• Win Charles Dowding’s Veg Journal

  

  Gardening?  Pah.  It’s gloomy, it’s wet, cold and mushy so who on earth wants to garden.  Not me.  I’d rather put the kettle on, pop a crumpet (or five) in the... Read more

  Posted on 30 January 2014 GARDENING, HOME

• Flood And The Pigeon

  

  This is the wettest winter I have known at the Priory.  It has rained for weeks and water pours into the grounds.The ducks at least are happy – I’ve never seen... Read more

  Posted on 22 January 2014 GARDENING, HOME