Just popping in to show off what my true love (my garden) sent to me ... a coneflower with open pink petals!  (Tra-la-la, festive spirit in ...

So here we are, getting on for mid-November: recent days have been damper and darker, with indoor lights needed by half four in the afternoo...

All summer long I've been bowled over by the wonderful bright orange blooms of the calendula (aka Pot Marigold) in the veg patch.  The s...

Of all the flowers in the garden, the sunflower is surely the one most readily associated with the long, leisurely, picnic-filled days of s...

Actually, yesterday was the perfect day especially since it was also my day off! I was at liberty to go and drift through the veg patch mak...

Arachnophobia?  Luckily, not something that affects me - and you have my heartfelt sympathies at this time of year if you really don't l...

Two weeks ago I wrote about the Zucchini Chop, an exercise in removing unnecessary leaves from my courgette plants to direct energy to th...

(That title is for Flighty - I couldn't resist after his comment on my recent post, The Zucchini Chop !) It's been a busy week, a...

:: Monarda growing next to my fennel which is currently over 8 feet tall! :: I'd hate to think I was falling into a pattern here ...

Due to the rain, I was back indoors in time for Gardener's World yesterday evening. I don't watch it regularly but last night's ...

This last week I went to London Zoo in Regents Park.  Have you been to this zoo recently?  It's changed a lot (for the better) since I w...

I'm introducing this as a new feature on the blog - a regular weekend gallery for photos. I always have a camera of sorts to hand, whe...