Life in a Cottage Garden with Carol Kleine episode 6 – Into Winter: In November and December, the first frosts have struck. It’s time to put away tender perennials, begin judicious cutting-back and sweep up the fallen leaves. The garden is laid bare, but beauty is still found in the skeletal structures of …
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Life in a Cottage Garden with Carol Kleine episode 5 – Autumn: With the onset of September and October, the atmosphere in the garden is rich with the smell of ripening fruit and wood smoke. It’s harvest time so there are seeds to collect, pricking out to be completed and tidying to be …
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Life in a Cottage Garden with Carol Kleine episode 4 – High Summer: In July and August the garden is building to a peak. Flowers are at their very brightest and most beautiful with geraniums abounding and the fragrance of lilies pervading the garden. To keep the garden looking glorious, there is staking to be …
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Life in a Cottage Garden with Carol Kleine episode 3 – Spring into Summer: In May and June, everything in the garden is surging forwards, full of exuberance. Rather than sitting back to enjoy it all, Carol is planting out sweet peas, picking the first salad leaves and staking perennials. Blossom drips from …
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Life in a Cottage Garden with Carol Kleine episode 2: March and April is a time of huge change in the garden, as the remnants of winter make way for the hope of spring. Carol is busy clearing away the last of the winter detritus to make way for waves of planting. There’s pruning to …
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Life in a Cottage Garden with Carol Kleine episode 1 – Winter has come… harsh frosts have shattered Carol’s tulip pots, and her brick paths are ruined. Carol takes shelter in the potting shed and prepares her garlic for spring planting. On finer days, she begins pruning late-flowering clematis, and when the thaw comes she …
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