I don't want to jinx myself by putting this in writing but ...  I'm now quietly hopeful of growing some chillies this year since...

This year I have three rhubarb plants.  I don't need three, I needed one (all that my space would allow) and grew Glaskins' Perp...

Nature is all around us and I can get my daily dose from nearby Hampstead Heath but, try as I might to ignore it, there's also a lot...

I have a thing for automata and this one was on show at the RHS halls in February While I often hanker for the country life, living in ...

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...