Have I mentioned that I did a double sowing of broad beans this year? It was an experiment on several levels:  I wanted to see if I could su...

Or, if at first you don't succeed, try, try and try again. Like most gardeners (I imagine) I have a large box of seeds, the result of ...

The weekend before last, during a big garden tidy up, the last of the dried broad bean pods were cut for seed and the plants dug up and a...

Borage flowers are one of the unmistakeable signs of summer.  Borage is one of the prettiest summer herbs with both edible and medicinal ...

I only just started to sow my seeds at the end of March. Does this make me badly organised? Maybe, but hopefully not.  Remembering that l...

~ Perennial Cauliflower, looking good (and tasty) ~ I've heard so many people bemoaning the "dreadful weather" this last we...

Looking out of the window yesterday morning at drab skies, I was happy to spend some time in the kitchen de-podding a stack of beans.  Havin...

The annual event which truly heralds the arrival of summer for me is the glorious sight of a mass of unfurled mesembryanthemums.  I  have t...