I'm not one to rush into things but I have excelled myself this time by only just writing about a book I received a goodly while back,...

Update: We had to redraw a winner for the book as Susiesae did not get in touch. I'm pleased to say that the book will now be sent to A...

It is a long held ambition of mine to create a little cottage garden with flowers that can be gathered for indoors.  I'm limited by t...

There are many things that can make a week nice to look back on. Sometimes a good week is just a productive week.  Or it's a week when n...

I met Naomi Schillinger a couple of years ago after realising that she lived and gardened not far from me in North London. Having follo...

There's an alarming trend in my life where I sit down in front of the laptop for a 'quick look at my emails', I get distracted a...

Thursday is my Friday.  Currently the end of the working week, day off and time to plan and catch up before Garden College on Friday an...

~ Gratuitous photo of cowslip on balcony; just to brighten up the day! ~ Today started by looking at clear blue skies with a good stiff ...

Regular readers here will know that, on occasion, my gardening efforts are besieged by a few mini-gardeners. They love to help out but, d...

I shall apologise in advance to any readers who already know this book; I'm only very recently aware of it and delighted to have foun...

I've been giving the blog a gentle tweek - to my eye it still looks very cluttered - and part of that process is to succumb to joining T...

"Over the years I have travelled down the country rather like a sock slips down inside a wellington boot. ... I have found one uni...

... A Guide for Complete Beginners by Jon Clift and Amanda Cuthbert.  This is a(nother) new book aimed at novice food-growing gardeners and,...

Last year I recall resisting the onset of Autumn and savouring the last days of summer but, this morning, I'm positively excited about t...

I have a vivid memory at this time of year of my grandmother sitting, colander in lap, constantly trimming beans, shelling peas, bottling...

A while back I was sent a book called "How to Store your Garden Produce" by Piers Warren.  I gave it only a quick skim through ...

As a family, we're having a week of gardening: horticultural heaven for me (being outdoors in the Veg Patch), horticultural hell for my...

Loving this lunch … One of my gardening books that I'm re-reading - and thoroughly enjoying - is ' Veg Patch:  River Cottage...