Tales from Titchmarsh

Have you noticed how your

mood changes with the unfolding of spring? Your shoulders come down, there are sunny days that show off the iridescence of daffodils, and out come camellias, magnolias, rhododendrons and azaleas, and suddenly everything in the garden is lovely again. And yet, there is that distinct feeling that nature is racing ahead and you are struggling madly to keep up.

Between November and March, life in the garden runs at a slow pace – or no