RAIN IN APRIL! We did have 3 dry days in March so finally got some planting done – onion sets and the first 2 packets of parsnip seeds...

IN THE GARDEN It's wet in the garden and I'm struggling to find a way to barrow out the compost before getting the rotavator going again...

IN THE GARDEN It's still very cold and mice have been munching through the sweet corn and sweet pea seedlings in the greenhouse! On the...

The wet weather has been a bit of a pest as we try to get the garden ready for spring. Finally we've had a couple of dry days – enough to...

It has been a long cold spring in the garden and it's now desperate for rain! We've just finished our first SS course of the year (and...

We have passed the spring equin­­ox now and the pace in the garden is slowly picking up. There is still tidying to be done and, while the...

Suddenly we seem to have reached March! The artichokes are doing what artichokes do but, more exciting, we have new blossom on the...

Yes, the garden is growing and the sun is shining. The harvesting of wonderful salad has taken over from the cutting of succulent...

It seems that the mysteries of global warming have brought us the driest and coldest April for 50 years – and the plants have hated it....

This month my dear old little workhorse rotavator has been busy again, preparing beds for spring planting and knocking the emerging “City...

Sunshine and more sunshine – has been the story of May in the garden. But the breezes have been cool and some of the nights downright...

The broccoli was (and is) great. We've enjoyed sumptuous green shoots almost every other day now – and there are 22 bags safely stored...

At last – dry weather, fresh broccoli and lots of seeds already sown. Spring is on the way and the primroses are sweetly blooming. ...

The seeds have spouted, sucking in the air Transforming its carbon without a care Powered by sunlight and the soil below Together it's...

It's exciting when a new course begins on a Friday to imagine the interesting people (the students) I'm going to be working with in the...

This month we are talking about spring in the garden - but you don't need a garden to experience the “force” of life! Anyone can make...

Salad crops, courgettes and pumpkins are now germinating in the greenhouse. Potatoes, parsnips and celeriac are already under the...

Somehow the winter seems to have rushed past - so fast in fact that I have not had time to update this site! Apologies. The garden is...