THE POSY JOURNAL

September - The Season Begins

September - The Season Begins

September has reminded me that beginnings rarely arrive all at once. They come gradually. The first poppy. The first ranunculus. A field of newly emerging crops. The first signs of...

September - The Season Begins

September has reminded me that beginnings rarely arrive all at once. They come gradually. The first poppy. The first ranunculus. A field of newly emerging crops. The first signs of...

August - A Season of Becoming

August - A Season of Becoming

August has been a month of beginnings. New lambs arriving into the world. Poppies opening for the first time. Peonies pushing through the soil. Paddocks being planted. Gardens being prepared....

August - A Season of Becoming

August has been a month of beginnings. New lambs arriving into the world. Poppies opening for the first time. Peonies pushing through the soil. Paddocks being planted. Gardens being prepared....

July - The Joy of Coming Home

July - The Joy of Coming Home

July reminded me that home is not only a place.   It is a feeling. Sometimes it is found watching the sunrise beside the people who have known you longest. Sometimes...

July - The Joy of Coming Home

July reminded me that home is not only a place.   It is a feeling. Sometimes it is found watching the sunrise beside the people who have known you longest. Sometimes...

June - Midwinter at the Paddock

June - Midwinter at the Paddock

Winter asks us to appreciate rest. Not as absence, but as an essential part of the cycle. The garden doesn’t apologise for sleeping. The peonies retreat beneath the soil. The...

June - Midwinter at the Paddock

Winter asks us to appreciate rest. Not as absence, but as an essential part of the cycle. The garden doesn’t apologise for sleeping. The peonies retreat beneath the soil. The...

May - Planting in Faith

May - Planting in Faith

Gardening teaches delayed reward. You plant beauty long before you see it. You tuck corms into cold earth, trusting they will emerge. You save seed heads not knowing what surprises...

May - Planting in Faith

Gardening teaches delayed reward. You plant beauty long before you see it. You tuck corms into cold earth, trusting they will emerge. You save seed heads not knowing what surprises...

April - Preparing for Winter’s Quiet

April - Preparing for Winter’s Quiet

There is something deeply reassuring about preparing for a season not yet arrived. A quiet trust in what lies dormant.

April - Preparing for Winter’s Quiet

There is something deeply reassuring about preparing for a season not yet arrived. A quiet trust in what lies dormant.