It's been a busy month in the veg patch.  Every year I imagine that I'll reach that dreamed of moment when all that's needed...

Not much, but at least there were flowers! Supper of mint tabbouleh, steamed asparagus, salad + chive flowers, yoghurt and rhubarb compot...

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

On Sunday evening I went to pick a few broad beans, as you do. 30 degrees of daily sunshine and enough water to stop the plants keeling o...

Symphytum officinale,  or comfrey as it's better known, is one of the those plants that was on my 'must have' list for the g...

Can you see him?  I have a sweet rocket ( Hesperis matronalis)  growing in a large pot on my balcony. It's a biennial which means th...