Fall: the American term for autumn is so much more apt. This month I want to explore a couple of ways that plants figure in this season, beyond pumpkins at Halloween. As we enter a second lockdown in the UK, I also suggest seeing autumn as the start of the new growing season might help our mental health too. Gardens helped a …
International year of Plant Health – September 2020
My topic for this brief and late blog is Life. I almost didn’t write one this month as life hit my family hard in September; my husband was diagnosed with leukaemia and hospitalised for treatment. My goal this year was to write about how IYPH2020 related to me in daily life so this topic really is relevant. I have been sending …