by Glanmire Area News | Sep 1, 2022 | Gardening
Gardening with Charlie Wilkins AUTUMN BLUES? Autumn rolls on in its dog-day laziness, a huge interruption to the playfulness and leisure of the gardening fraternity who loved the warmth and light of summer days. As I age, I wish more and more for summer to continue....
by Glanmire Area News | Aug 1, 2022 | Gardening
Gardening with Charlie Wilkins SUMMER STARS In all areas of Cork, pretentiousness is increasing to the point of vulgarity, and it’s leading to arrogance and bile-like snobbery. Discrimination follows at a slower pace. I have experienced it and lived with it for over...
by Glanmire Area News | Jul 10, 2022 | Gardening
Gardening with Charlie Wilkins A SNEAKY WEED I know a weed that lurks in the half-light under shrubs and near to choice perennials, and after it’s deceptively pretty lemon saucers are over, it does something very sneaky! It uses camouflage, slimming itself expertly in...
by Glanmire Area News | Jun 1, 2022 | Gardening
Gardening with Charlie Wilkins NATURE’S FULNESS The magnificence and splendour of May and June have no equal! Both are gratifying and gracious in their characteristics. The scents and sounds in the garden lure my spirit into seeing miracles on a daily basis and I...
by Glanmire Area News | May 1, 2022 | Gardening
Gardening with Charlie Wilkins BLOSSOMS AND BULBS Blossoms and bulbs herald the opening days of May, but by the middle of the month their thunder is stolen by the magnolias and in particular the variety ‘Stellata’ which takes on the look of a white bridal...
by Glanmire Area News | Apr 1, 2022 | Gardening
Gardening with Charlie Wilkins THE APRIL GARDEN I have often likened gardening to a selection box of chocolates: the more you delve, the more you discover what surprises lie under each layer of dark, corrugated, crinkly paper! The one thing I dislike of course is the...
