Last year I recall resisting the onset of Autumn and savouring the last days of summer but, this morning, I'm positively excited about t...

Isn't this fabulous?!  First year that I've grown chard - and I've yet to actually eat any of it - but those colours are a real...

Hello again, time's zipping by, we're nearly into Autumn and I'm still catching up with myself… There seems to be so much to pa...

Well, here we are again… I hadn't realised that I'd been away so long, the weeks have just slipped by.  (Did anyone notice?)  I wis...

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...