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How to Enjoy Your Garden in March
Although winter’s icy fingers cling to March, their grip weakens daily. The weather may not always be clement, but there’s no turning back now; the advance of spring is unstoppable. What I love most...
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How to Grow Dahlias – A Simple Guide
The Frustrated Gardener is very much a team effort. Whilst it’s usually me pounding the keyboard, from time to time my partner John, otherwise know as The Beau, contributes a post. Dahlias are his...
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How To Enjoy Your Garden In April
April is one of the most joyful and uplifting months in the garden. Days are longer, temperatures are increasing steadily and it finally feels as if the year is gaining momentum. Even when April...
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How To Enjoy Your Garden in May
May, Oh My! How rich and luxuriant you are. I want to bathe in your greenness, shower beneath your blossom and dream in your flowery meadows. If you’ve not already caught on, May is by far my...
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Summer Containers – Four Recipes for Success
When I was asked by a local nursery to do a series of container planting demonstrations, I leapt at the chance. Planting in containers is one of the most enjoyable and rewarding activities one can do...
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How To Enjoy Your Garden In June
Would it be fair to say that June is the most quintessentially English month? I think so. June is when our world-famous cottage gardens look their most ebullient, brimming with cornflowers,...
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Your Garden In July
With July comes the start of summer proper. All hints of spring – the tender green foliage, untidy daffodil leaves and fleeting, fragile blossom – are now gone, replaced by stronger, brighter colours...
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All Hail The Tromboncino!
I think it’s high time I got back to writing some shorter, spur-of-the-moment posts, so, here goes! You’ve all heard of courgettes aka zucchini, right? But how about tromboncino aka zucchetta? Perhaps...
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Your Garden In August
As I sit down to write this post I find that August surfaces mixed emotions. On one hand, our garden is coming into its own: there’s the thrill and anticipation of the summer holidays, the promise of...
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Your Garden In September
I’ve come to love September almost as much as May. It’s a month of gentle transition, bidding farewell to summer and ushering in autumn. September is famously soft, rich and characterful, like a fine...
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Your Garden In November
I must apologise for being a little quiet of late. I haven’t disappeared; I’ve simply been getting Dan Cooper Garden in good shape for the festive season. If you are hungry for more, you’ll find...
View ArticleIntroducing The Twixmas Tidy
You may have heard of the Chelsea Chop or the Hampton Hack, but have you been introduced to the Twixmas Tidy? I thought not! The Twixmas Tidy offers a valid excuse to venture outside when you’ve...
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