Pear harvest, 2014. Not to scale!  Pruning has a reputation for being scary, right? It makes new gardeners nervous because of the ver...

(Now there's  a title that's been trotted out more than once in blogland, I'll wager.) (I don't need to tell you this is...

~ Frosted Purple Sprouting broccoli in the Veg Patch 30th December 2014 ~ Having my face slapped about with two days of face-chilling f...

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 ...