Finally , we're there. Christmas Day. For the next 24 hours I can put my feet up.  Sort of. The winter solstice, my favourite landma...

Here's one for a tiny reindeer.  Let's see now, what have I been up to? Well, I confess there's been very little gardenin...

Fading leaves of Cotinus coggygria 'Royal Purple' I wish I was a bear.  Not the cuddly fluffy kind but the sort that slopes of...

Pineapple sage - both leaves and flowers are edible. Amazing. Only two months left until the end of 2014 and I've spent a chunk ...

I'm so fickle.  When snowdrops and daffodils burst into life, I declare that I love springtime. But I like to move with the times so, as...

That's it then. The garden and I have been firmly tipped into autumn this past week. Ten days ago, I enjoyed a lovely warm sunny aft...

The late Christopher Lloyd, renowned for his fabulous borders at Great Dixter, adopted a practise of taking a morning stroll around the g...