I spotted this, one of five buds, on my walk round a very soggy and cold garden at 8 a.m. this morning. Shouldn't someone tell thi...

Not of the brussels variety, but sunflower sprouts!  Seedheads were cut off the sunflowers in the autumn of last year and, as usual, lef...

There's no denying the need for a cardigan or jacket outdoors in the last few weeks. The temperatures have dipped, skies are (mostly) gr...

(Sing along now...) I got sun-shiiiine, on a cloudy day... When it's cold outside, I got the month of May... I. guess. you'd. sa...

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...

As well as noticing more bugs and slugs in the veg garden as the season revolves round into autumn, I'm also watching out for seeds.  So...

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...

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 ...

Last year I encouraged the Veg Patch Kids to grow sunflowers, just for the love of growing spectacular plants.  We planted them in a row ag...