2021 has been an eventful, challenging and fun year ... but it hasn't all been about the veg...   Hampstead Heath ponds frozen over in ...

It’s always a worry when you go away in midsummer and leave the garden or allotment to fend for itself, especially with the fickle weather w...

Shall we just for a moment talk about flowers in the veg garden? Every day this week I’ve been working in the veg plot as plants raised ...

Hardly a vision of beauty, although this space will fill up fast. Isn't it lovely the way our gardens are giving us hope and keepi...

There hasn't been a lot to crow about in the winter veg patch but with the sun shining this morning, I found myself muttering 'T...

It's that time of year when I plan my week according to the weather forecast.  Dry for outdoor work (gardening, drying my washing), ...

Hello again, I'm back. Did you miss me? Well I've only been outside in the garden. I've had a winter break from blogging to sort...

October can be a time of harvests and preserving the year's bounty. But it's also a good time to think about gardening for winter ...

If there's a month of the year that food growers need to be ready for, it's September. (Or August if you grow courgettes!) It...

How many people are currently hunkering down inside, away from plummeting temperatures and relishing the warmth and cosiness of being tucked...

May is ... all about the alliums.  I first wanted more alliums in the veg garden when some end of season white onions flowered and were su...

May already!  It's a time I subconsciously look forward to every year.  In my head it symbolises the turning of a corner weathe...

Last weekend I joined in with Veg Plotting's engaging #mygardenrightnow meme with pics of me in the middle garden as that was where ...

I haven't written much about the veg patch for a while so I nipped down to the garden on Friday evening to take a few snaps and found ...

Not much, but at least there were flowers! Supper of mint tabbouleh, steamed asparagus, salad + chive flowers, yoghurt and rhubarb compot...

Photos from late April: Honeyberry blossom, pear blossom, blueberry buds.  I make no apologies for my absence here on the writte...