August flowers

August 15, 2016

August is a funny old month. All the splendour of June and July has overreached itself a bit and, in …

All tucked up

November 23, 2015

I arrived at the Chicken Garden this morning to find the big, handsome dahlias hanging their heads, their lush leaves …

June 8, 2014

On the whole, I’m a pretty rugged sort of person. A disproportionate amount of my gardening time seems to be …

May 10, 2011

Further to the previous, one bit of Dan Pearson’s book which piqued my interest was his description of his friend …