Consider the nasturtium... a cheerful little soul, persistent, occasionally very annoying but also somewhat shy at times. Since sowing the f...

Red Valerian aka Centranthus ruber .  I was excited to read recently that this plant is edible - some say gorgeous flavour, others that ...

It's not so much that I love to grow nasturtiums (I do) but that they love to grow for me. Every year, around this time, they seem to ta...

The weekend before last, during a big garden tidy up, the last of the dried broad bean pods were cut for seed and the plants dug up and a...

I'm going to gloss over the rather glaring omission of any recent blog posts... I've had a short holiday at home during which I rede...

Wildflower meadow in a tray on my balcony! Today I was supposed to be at Hampton Court for the flower show.  I had my ticket and program...

Borage flowers are one of the unmistakeable signs of summer.  Borage is one of the prettiest summer herbs with both edible and medicinal ...

Despite the grey skies over the veg patch, close inspection reveals that things are surely happening. A little pootle around the patch ye...