This month in the garden…

January 7, 2017

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

New beginnings

January 1, 2017

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

October 23, 2013

The slow dying of the greenhouses is the swansong of my year. They’re the last to go: long after the …

January 13, 2012

I love a good urban myth. A good rural myth is even better. There is a gooseberry known as the …

October 19, 2009

If you thought training fruit was a simple matter of arranging the branches in a sort of fan-shape against a …

August 12, 2009

OK I admit it – I’ve been two-timing my blog. Those nice people at online retailer Crocus are branching out …

September 17, 2008

Now boys, that’s enough sniggering. I mean the horticultural kind, of course 😀 I’m a melon virgin (oh stop it) …