Shall we just for a moment talk about flowers in the veg garden? Every day this week I’ve been working in the veg plot as plants raised ...

( Oops, this post should have been out at the end of April! What can I say?! I've been busy tending to my veg babies, amongst other stuf...

There's a massive elder tree next to the salad garden cul-de-sac, whose branches droop invitingly over the fence towards me.  Those bran...

Last weekend, and for a few days before, stage two of annual veg growing, otherwise known as Peak Bottleneck, has been reached here. Jus...

Mid-April, even in the southern counties of the UK, can be cold, wet and windy. This year though, there have been some joyously warm days wh...

With spring well underway, I’m spending quite a bit of my gardening time bending over to pull out weeds. Little and often is my method...

Hardly a vision of beauty, although this space will fill up fast. Isn't it lovely the way our gardens are giving us hope and keepi...