As Bank Holiday Mondays go, this week's was fairly typical - lashing rain and lots of it.  Despite promises of a dry day, I woke up t...

This year I'm being very relaxed about it all. Seed sowing, that is. Having successfully gambled on sowing sweet pea seeds into pots ...

… or should that be Telegraph? I don't have an appropriate photo so here's a gratuitous image of Erysimum 'Bowles' Mauve...

I've just been reading back through the comments left on my last post about my Dad and shedding a few more tears.  I was so moved by...

Well, hello again. I stepped away from this blog unintentionally almost eight weeks ago and have found it blissfully easy to choose life ove...

Last night, the skies cleared and, even here in well-lit urban London, there was a glorious bright moon and lots of glimmering stars to b...

It would be gratifying to be able to write about the garden in December with vibrant photos but, truth be told, there's not a lot ...