I have a vivid memory at this time of year of my grandmother sitting, colander in lap, constantly trimming beans, shelling peas, bottling...

~ downpour imminent … look at that sky! ~ Yesterday's on-off downpours over North London (yes!! hooray!) had the added bonus of me bein...

A couple of weeks ago the onions started to keel over and I received several complimentary comments to the effect that they looked lovely a...

A while back I was sent a book called "How to Store your Garden Produce" by Piers Warren.  I gave it only a quick skim through ...

Just thought I'd flag this one up as I know that many people passing by this way are involved in gardening with kids via schools or othe...

Last weekend someone crept onto the veg Patch just before dawn and helped themselves to the chicken wire which protected the crops from foxe...

Having lived in the tropics when I was very young, I'm a big fan of music that sounds like taking the lid off a bottle of sunshine.  As ...