City fruit. There's a surprising amount of it about on trees and shrubs in the street, parks, gardens and abandoned areas, just wai...

… to sow a few seeds before late summer turns into autumn. Having planted out my winter veg and cleared the last of the peas, I really wan...

As we're bang in the middle of the preserving season, jars and bottles are easily bought (if you haven't been carefully storing ...

It's not so much that I love to grow nasturtiums (I do) but that they love to grow for me. Every year, around this time, they seem to ta...

I'm seeing a lot of courgette gluts being mentioned on gardening blogs at the moment. Trust me, I've been there but this year have n...

I'm not one to rush into things but I have excelled myself this time by only just writing about a book I received a goodly while back,...

I bet the kids can't believe their luck, all this hot weather to kick off the end of term holidays.  Not so for us poor gardeners though...