Not that I would have made pie but the post title sums up the mood here. This is a tale of frustration and regret which I write purely as a ...

~ New Zealand Spinach ~ Just three short weeks ago, I wrote that the spinach that I'd sown was doing really well along with some c...

Spotted in the garden: either a baby cricket or the aphids are now on steroids I've been sheltering from the heat for the last fe...

I haven't written much about the veg patch for a while so I nipped down to the garden on Friday evening to take a few snaps and found ...

Hard to believe I'm still in London! A few years ago, a local friend invited me up to see her allotment at Fitzroy Park up near Hi...

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...