Pulmonaria and Galium odoratum (Lungwort and Sweet Woodruff to give them their country names!) Last Monday, my neighbour and I (the ...

I've been a bit worried by the lack of any ladybird sightings in the garden, possibly another indicator of this year's late arriv...

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...

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...

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...

(Harlequin Ladybird:  Harmonia axyridis succinea) There's been a lot of fuss over the summer about ladybirds - both our native UK lad...

Recently, a friend of the York Rise Growers wanted to come over and show our children how to build bee hotels but, in the end, didn't...