A fortnight ago we moved to our converted barn in the corner of the field at our nursery. The move happened fairly nonchalantly. We had ...

We had two nights away in Hampshire for Matthew's wedding. The gate was closed on the Friday and our friends Margaret and Terry stood in ...

We've had the garden open for the National Garden Scheme for about 15 years. We used to have several group visits in the evenings from ...

The weather is not too nice at the moment. Cloudy, cool and fairly wet. On the plus side it means that it's easier to keep ...

Rain was forecast so it seemed a good idea to lift all the garlic rather than have it sit and fester. It was easier to ...

It's been hot. Temperatures up to and sometimes over 30 degrees c. So after doing the watering not much else gets done. But last Wednesday ...

After the hot dry weather the garden was started to look shrivelled and crusty. The forecast promised rain for Tuesday/Wednesday. In fact one of the ...

If I say that I've done a lot of reading in the last few days that might be a clue to how hot it is ...

We've had rain, we've had sun and warmth so everything is growing very well indeed. This includes the weeds and whenever I go into the ...

How is it that there are so many rose-bay willow herb seedlings popping up everywhere when I thought I'd done a good job removing them ...

Yet another grumble about the weather. This time it's too dry, too windy and not very warm. The ground is rock hard. I'm having to ...

We always kept the gate open, the one that goes through the pergola and into the garden. It was laziness and convenience especially when pushing ...