Before thinking about any seasonal holidays, and before the weather turns frosty, there are still a few pre-winter jobs to complete by way o...

I'm feeling rather pleased with myself and slightly uneasy at the same time. Why, you may ask. Let me tell you. Having wanted to g...

October can be a time of harvests and preserving the year's bounty. But it's also a good time to think about gardening for winter ...

If there's a month of the year that food growers need to be ready for, it's September. (Or August if you grow courgettes!) It...

Is that it? Is summer over?  You'd better believe it.  Leaves are falling from the fruit trees, children are back at school (hello again...

~ Just add rice ~ Walking through the veg patch yesterday evening, I could see that strong winds had, yet again, done for my purple spr...

As the summer slowly transitions into autumn, is it all doom and gloom?  No, not at all.  In fact it's almost a relief that I no longer ...

Not that I would have made pie but the post title sums up the mood here. This is a tale of frustration and regret which I write purely as a ...

Autumn is the new summer, to borrow and misquote a piece of fashion nonsense.  Days like today and yesterday are my kind of weather: the ...

Earlier this year I wrote about my day out at the Garden Museum's Potato Day and which spuds I'd chosen to grow. (Arran Victory,...

~  Before the stormy weather,  a view of my little veg patch garden taken ten days ago.  Top left, under the tree, is one single Stripe...

I'm so excited to bring you this photo, not least because I've been allowed to use L's beautiful Carltonware Lobster plate. Loo...