Running strawberries

September 24, 2006

My poor strawberry bed has been bursting out of its box after this summer, when I failed dismally to keep …

Heuchera heaven

September 19, 2006

I bought another Heuchera the other day – this time “Obsidian”, a fantastic matt-black brooder of a plant. I love …

September 15, 2006

It’s that time of year again when although there are plenty of crops coming from the allotment, the early crops …

September 10, 2006

Had a great afternoon stoking the fires – we have a permanent heap of bits of wood at the bottom …

September 7, 2006

It’s glut city here… I’ve just chopped up 3lbs of courgettes to make a double quantity of vegetable mulligatawny – …

September 4, 2006

There are honeysuckles, and there are honeysuckles. The one I spent yesterday hacking down off the side of my house …

September 1, 2006

There’s something very wholesome about making chutney. I’ve just spent an hour or two dicing courgettes, apples, plums and onions …

August 30, 2006

Well I finally gave in. I’ve been fighting the urge to inflict my meanderings in the garden and up at …