What a difference 10 days of hot weather has made to my herb bed!  One Sunday afternoon recently, I was strolling around the veg patch with ...

... as in utter-ly entertaining and utter-ly enlightening;  I thoroughly enjoy the conversations that I have with the children here.  Garden...

I shouldn't be pleased with this photo because this plant should have been dug up and regrown from a new bare root. This is my horserad...

Take a gardening conversation out of context and it takes on a completely new meaning:  I've got worms.  Pardon.  Yes, lots of them.  Pa...

Sensible, moi?  Not usually, but this year I'm going to give it a go.  This year, I've got A Plan. In the first year we pretty muc...

Sometimes it pays to look up from your keyboard: :: 7.35 p.m. Sunset over Hampstead Heath, across the rooftops :: Typing away this evenin...

I'm well behind in the sowing stakes and the weather has been very mild for March (at least in London) so whereas fellow gardeners have ...