This week I thought we would take a break from vegetables and look instead at the flowering garden. Some of you may remember my ambitious plans earlier in the year to create ….Read more

  It is incredible just how fast the season slips by, I can’t believe it’s September already! The final part of the season got away from me a bit (broken collarbone) ….Read more

Mackerel sky Before we get going, here’s a photo I took on Monday morning while out walking the dog showing a pretty ‘mackerel sky’ which, as you know, signals a ….Read more

I don’t know what the season has been like for you but thanks to a warm and dry early summer followed by some welcome rain, my garden is looking vibrant and green. ….Read more

Right then. For the last while I have been both adding to our list of flowering perennial plants and working on planting plants and corresponding plant packs. As the year ….Read more

I thought we’d start the garden update with a couple of photos taken last evening while having a walk on a local bog. The photo above is of Eriophorum angustifolium or bog ….Read more