It's almost impossible to believe how the rush of summer growth turns bare soil into something more like very productive “jungle”! We are...

What's to say about a garden in full bloom? Yes, we had a hard spell of very dry cool weather but deep soil and good shelter gave our...

The time for planting and weeding is over – August is the time for harvest! All the fruit trees are heavily laden – so much so that one...

Nature is burgeoning, blooming and over-flowing all over the garden. Even though this happens every year, it is still a re-assuring...

It's mid-summer and the garden is full of good things growing! Weeds are pretty firmly under control – thanks to regular hoeing. After...

Each year brings its surprises – its sad failures and its magnificent successes. 2019 has been no different. Spring was a strange one –...

It has been an unusual year (again!). Our spring sowing was almost immediately followed by 6 weeks of blazing sunshine - not a good...