We still have parsnips, broccoli and curly kale in the garden. There are still plenty of delicious apples on the espaliered fruit trees a...

Yes, it's the time of harvest and autumn clear-ups! Plenty of autotelic activity! There is still a lot to do – hundreds of tasty apples ...

All in the garden is WET, WET, WET!! I can never remember such a wet “back-end”. There are still parsnips and beetroot in the gro...

In the Garden (and in the Kitchen) September is a month of harvesting and “mellow fruitfulness”! Every two days I have been picking...

So what can you get done on a bright cold winter's day in the garden? It took me four very warm and pleasant hours to spread 2 tons of lo...

So the leaves have fallen and the first frosts have put the garden into its winter sleep. I've scooped up most of the fallen leaves (the w...

Composting and your New Year's Resolution On our small space-ship Earth, the long term future of our human civilization depends entirely ...

All gardeners know there old saying about parsnips - " first in, last out"! So here we are enjoying the true Autumn harvest which vir...