Higgledy Garden

A simple guide to autumn sowing of hardy annuals

Anne Hinks — Thu, 03 Sep 2026 08:46:30 +0000

We are stepping into the first days of autumn and I’m happy, I love autumn, soon we will notice that first nip in the air, out will come those cosy jumpers and cardigans, the soup pan will come out of the cupboard, I’ll be shutting the curtains early in the evening and getting cosy on […]

The August cutting garden: Cosmos, Zinnias and Sunflowers

Anne Hinks — Mon, 31 Aug 2026 12:59:39 +0000

Thank heavens we have had some rain at last and proper heavy rain that has soaked through the ground, we still need more and I appreciate that there have been other parts of the country that still are struggling and haven’t had this rain. Its also much cooler, especially in the mornings and evenings. But […]

The July cutting garden: Ammi and Daucus, beautiful umbellifers

Anne Hinks — Fri, 24 Jul 2026 13:59:48 +0000

And so we move into high summer and its proving to be a challenging one in the cut flower garden with high temperatures, strong winds and lack of rain. Its been hard after a cool wet spring followed by crazy hot temperatures in May, this year so far has been quite a roller-coaster. As in […]

The June Cutting garden : Cornflowers and Corncockle

Anne Hinks — Fri, 19 Jun 2026 08:00:54 +0000

Well we’ve had all sorts of weather since I last wrote, a heatwave at the end of May which ended with a really big thunderstorm with torrential rain and then wet and windy the week after, a challenging time for the garden. After a busy May I had a few days off from work to […]

Biennial sowing guide

Anne Hinks — Mon, 01 Jun 2026 15:43:29 +0000

As we move into summer my cutting garden is really getting into its stride, the sweet peas are racing up their climbing frames, the autumn sown annuals are just starting to flower and the spring sown annuals are settling in and getting ready to flower their socks off. But there is another group of flowers […]