Ruth looks back on 12 months that were good in parts.
HOW has 2017 been for you? Cutting back some late-flowering Shasta daisies last week, I started to mull over the past 12 months in our garden.
And I wondered whether the articles I have written in this year’s issues of AG have been an accurate reflection of what has actually happened on our plot.
The truthful answer is ‘not quite’! I usually focus on the start of projects and report back on those that have been successful, so here is a more rounded idea of what has been happening.
This story is from the December 23 - 30,2017 edition of Amateur Gardening.
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