~ Homemade pink gin ... perfect for summer! ~

Vintage, cobbled together, upcycled or just plain eccentric - there's lots to inspire on an English allotment!

It's two steps forward and one back as we head into June in the veg patch gardens.  Last week my area of London saw thunderstorms mos...

At the end of last week I visited Borough Market near London Bridge to hear a talk on planting for urban bees as part of the Chelsea F...

May is the token first month of summer and it's been a corker.  Everything that looked a teeny bit dismal in the middle of April has...

Now that the last of the fruit blossom has dropped - quince excepted - my current obsession is to walk around the garden checking for fr...

There is so much to be amazed at in the garden at the moment.  I tidied up this border (the 'Washing Line' border) over the week...