Readers of this blog may have noticed that I haven't been around for a couple of months. I've written this post by way of explanatio...

Yesterday I dashed up to the allotment. With the threat of rain from heavy grey clouds, I thought to tidy up the plants on my balcony but...

My plan to be more organised has been completely blown out of the water in the past couple of weeks so my apologies for the delay in posting...

~ Successful pea shoots (for growing on) in previous years ~ I have to confess to my first major fail of the season. As part of my ...

May is ... all about the alliums.  I first wanted more alliums in the veg garden when some end of season white onions flowered and were su...

May already!  It's a time I subconsciously look forward to every year.  In my head it symbolises the turning of a corner weathe...

Red Valerian aka Centranthus ruber .  I was excited to read recently that this plant is edible - some say gorgeous flavour, others that ...