Seed swap 2017

January 26, 2017

I do like a good seed swap. It’s a simple idea: you take your spares along to your local …

Gardening words: An Orchard Odyssey

January 23, 2017

It is time to think of fruit. Gleaming apples and fat ripe plums; perfumed quinces and sugary pears. Great heavy …

January 20, 2017

Blimey it’s chilly. Inside and out: life got a bit hectic last autumn and I didn’t get around to my …

January 16, 2017

One morning towards the end of last year some time, I skipped in to my garden as usual through the little …

January 13, 2017

The revealing of this year’s RHS Chelsea Flower Show gardens is always an exciting moment, and just the boost you …

January 10, 2017

You can never have too much rhubarb. Well, actually, you can: it’s a monster of a plant, with mature clumps expanding to 5ft …

January 7, 2017

I have definitely been having a bit of a slump in the garden just recently. This occasionally happens, even to …

January 4, 2017

January 1, 2017

Thank goodness 2016 is over. I’m not sure things look a whole lot better for 2017, but like all …