Sure, there are lots of lovely winter veggies around (the Seven Cedars snow peas have been running out of the markets!), but most things in even the most established gardens are getting along in slow motion. I was very lucky to get to visit Geoff and Anne Long’s very pretty Foxground garden last week, and with the exception of some kale and rhubarb, things are very quiet.
Anne Long & Andrew Britton
In this garden though, like all the others, there is a sense of resting; a pause. A peaceful contemplation in preparation for the bursting forth in spring. This beautiful block below at Warwick Park in Foxground is the site of a market garden in the planning for spring this year.
Warwick Park - before...
In two weeks time, and thanks to Buena Vista Farm, two little pigs will be commissioned to begin ’tilling’ the soil in preparation for spring plantings. All the plans are lining up, and it’s all go… well it will be… in spring. I can’t wait to get planting. But we just have to hurry up and wait…