Alan’s spring action plan
“Give your garden the shot in the arm it needs to lift your spirits and spur your plants into giving their best”
– that’s what we need at this time of year. Not only the encouragement to get out there, but the feeling that by doing so we are making a difference – improving the view and giving our plants the impetus to do better than ever. Winter is an unforgiving season, but without it we would not have the chance to start again. Gardening in the tropics might be a warmer exercise, but it lacks the variety created by a cool, temperate climate. The prospect of an unchanging outlook in which spring played no part would fill me with dread. It’s time to stop
