The fine art of pottering
Mar 11, 2020
3 minutes
Alan Titchmarsh
WHAT are you doing?’ asks the lady of the house through the open back door.
‘Just pottering,’ I reply.
Just pottering… a phrase that’s a catch-all term for this and that—a weed pulled up, a wayward shoot snipped off, all of which tasks combine to make a garden that looks loved and cared for. The dictionary definition is rather too dismissive for my liking: ‘Potter verb: occupy oneself in a
You’re reading a preview, subscribe to read more.
Start your free 30 days