Last week, at half past four in the afternoon, I realised that it was still daylight ... and I spotted my first snowdrop. Now that doesn’t ...

Happy New Year and welcome to the Winterlude - the ‘dormant’ phase of the garden year and a perfect time to read, take stock and plan ahead....

2021 has been an eventful, challenging and fun year ... but it hasn't all been about the veg...   Hampstead Heath ponds frozen over in ...

The winter solstice can be considered to be a dual edged sword for it brings both the start of gradually lengthening days as well as the tru...

This is not a newly published book but having recently discovered it for myself, I wanted to highlight it for readers of this blog because i...

Not quite nailing self sufficiency but very pretty Even though I've now acquired a little christmas tree (one that I have to keep alive ...

The quirkiness of nature - conjoined apple from my Core Blimey tree   When I set out to write this post (a few weeks ago!) it was most defin...