In the garden, the twin activities of harvesting and tidying up continue. After several rounds of harvesting, the peas and French beans...

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...