I love that the rain has made all the flowers bloom spectacularly, especially the purple pompom flowers of chives - they look so good agai...

Not much, but at least there were flowers! Supper of mint tabbouleh, steamed asparagus, salad + chive flowers, yoghurt and rhubarb compot...

Photos from late April: Honeyberry blossom, pear blossom, blueberry buds.  I make no apologies for my absence here on the writte...

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 ...