2021 has been an eventful, challenging and fun year ... but it hasn't all been about the veg...   Hampstead Heath ponds frozen over in ...

It’s always a worry when you go away in midsummer and leave the garden or allotment to fend for itself, especially with the fickle weather w...

My plant of the week :) and why you should grow them ... This is another of my £2 supermarket 'twigs' - the Goji Berry, occasion...

A quick blog post from me this chilly but sunny Sunday morning as I have strawberries to plant and a herb garden to sort out. Huge sage ...

Regular as clockwork - blossom on the plum tree.   Tonight the clocks go forward in the UK, heralding the start of British Summer Tim...

Now that the last of the fruit blossom has dropped - quince excepted - my current obsession is to walk around the garden checking for fr...

Sometimes (actually, with increasing regularity) I despair at the culture we live in, where statistical results and budget take pre...

Are blotched apples safe to eat? I found out the answer is yes, and cooked up a batch for winter use. Given that the meagre fruit from my...

Now there's a beautiful sight - bug free broad bean tops! You've got to love June for the lushness of the garden!  I'm find...

Morello cherry fruitlets. So pretty still with their little pink skirts!  I was away for the whole of the last bank holiday weekend an...

As Chief (some might say 'only') Grower in the food garden here, I enjoy an opportunity to see what other people are up to, so...

~ Plum fruitlet and curly leaves ~ I've chosen to follow all the fruit trees that I'm growing here in the garden; in the past...

I'm sure that this is a sight being seen all over the country after all that rain we had earlier in the year. However, despite the ex...

I managed to miss the deadline for Lucy's Tree Following last month so this month will be an introduction and a catch up on my tree so ...

Pudding.  Surely one of the most evocative words in the English language.  At this time of year, if a pudding is to be provided from the...