It’s always a worry when you go away in midsummer and leave the garden or allotment to fend for itself, especially with the fickle weather w...

Consider the nasturtium... a cheerful little soul, persistent, occasionally very annoying but also somewhat shy at times. Since sowing the f...

Last kale standing (and yes it is surrounded by self seeded forget me nots that will need to be moved, eventually) Honestly, there are times...

 ... and then it wasn't.   Rain has stopped play. Am I unhappy? Not a bit, I'm actually very grateful for the promised deluge. Plant...

Shall I be terribly English and talk about the weather? At times it’s felt as though nothing would grow. As ever with the British spring, th...

Regardless of the number of years that I’ve been gardening, I still thrill to the sight of the garden starting to emerge from its winter ine...

There’s a pair of very muddy boots in my hallway, evidence of my gardening efforts over the past week. Helped by a couple of afternoons of w...