The Chatty Gardener

A look back at the sweet pea gardening trials of 2026 as sowing time for next year approaches.

A poignant flower for this week’s Cheering Up Mondays post.

I’ve waited a long time for this week’s cheerful flower.

What stops people growing their own fruit and veg?

There’s a real whiff of autumn in the garden as this week’s cheerful flower shows.

My Gardening View is definitely one of change as one season slowly tips over into another.

A mystery bloom for this week’s cheerful flower.

This always flowers too late to be fully appreciated.

A sign of autumn with this week’s cheerful flower.

If the long, hot summer brought one thing it was the chance to sit out late into the evening.

This week’s Cheering Up Mondays flower nearly didn’t make it.

This week’s cheerful flower is a solo bloom.

We may have had some welcome rain over the past week but the drought conditions continue in my garden.

Another of this summer’s stars for our weekly cheerful flower.

A rather beautiful mystery flower is this week’s choice for Cheering Up Mondays.

So often as gardeners we talk about shrubs and perennials with trees relegated to the back row of the chorus. . . .

While the rest of the garden wilts, this week’s cheerful flower is having a ball.