Michael Thompson
Michael ‘hazeltree’ Thompson is a professional gardener living in Dorset in southern England. He writes a thrice-weekly journal of his experiences of working on a traditional English country estate. His writings are woven with wise gardening advice, beautiful photos, whimsical philosophies and observations from nature. He can be found on www.englishrosegarden.co.uk
Blogs by this Author
news from an English allotment
- By Michael Thompson
- Published 05/28/2011
Good news. The chap who
owns the plot next door has finally turned up. His excuse for having done
nothing whatsoever this year to his allotment is that he is busy with all the
arrangements for...
Alf the dreamer...
- By Michael Thompson
- Published 05/20/2011
I wandered around the
allotment this evening admiring the other plots. Some have not been touched
this year and are an abandoned mess of weeds. One plot has the neatest furrows
of potatoes tha...
allotment rumblings...
- By Michael Thompson
- Published 05/2/2011
Come early evening the
allotment is busy and we all congregate around the water tap and have a natter
about this or that.
The exception is the
bloke in the corner who prefers to keep himsel...
the allotment 2
- By Michael Thompson
- Published 04/5/2011
this is an excerpt from my journal on www.englishrosegarden.co.uk Despite the showery weather we have been able to spend a couple of evenings up at the allotment. The path is perfectly straight in a...
the new allotment...
- By Michael Thompson
- Published 03/28/2011
The village has an area set aside for allotments: a curious hotchpotch of cloches, compost bins and vegetable patches. Each plot has a shed made out of recycled materials and one or two men have bee...