... and then it wasn't.   Rain has stopped play. Am I unhappy? Not a bit, I'm actually very grateful for the promised deluge. Plant...

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

Having resolved not to be overly hasty in seed sowing, I sat outside on a bench on Thursday with my eyes closed, my face lifted to the warm ...

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...

Is it summer - or have I missed it?  The school holidays, which will always equate with summer in my mind, have just begun and yet it fe...