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 In September the annual harvest gathers pace with many late nights spent preparing fruit and veg for the freezer. It really...

IN THE GARDEN The rains continue and the pumpkin is loving it! Strawbs and thornless blackberries are finished but the blackcurrants are...

Strawberries, new potatoes and fresh salad – by the bucketful. It's the summer so it must be nearly Wimbledon! We've had massive rainfall...

The weather is dry, dry, dry and the garden is growing, growing and growing. We've finished the big job of scything the orchards and...

Harvesting continues in the garden. All the black currants and gooseberries have been processed now – as always it's a much longer job...

At last the rains came and the garden bloomed! Salad, new potatoes and berries are now in full supply; the beans are shooting up their...

It's the end of May, the garden is in full flow and there is lots to talk about. Weather has not been great – cold, dry and breezy - but...

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...