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...

It's mid-summer in New Zealand – constant temperatures in the low 20s, harsh hot sun and, in Wellington, always the wind. Staying in Days...

It has been wet in the garden! The sun shone today, and I finally got around to attacking the compost heap. First job is to take off the...

IN THE GARDEN It's wet and muddy and the season is over. When we finally have some dry frosty weather it will be time to tidy up, dig out...

We have survived the violence of winter storms, bringing copious quantities of rain! It's almost the end of the gardening year. All the...

Autumn is certainly the “season of mellow fruitfulness”! We've harvested the plums, beans (runner and french) and pulled up the onions....

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...

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...

Just back from New Zealand and it's time to press on with the vital winter tasks – pruning the soft fruits and espaliered trees and...

The garden has but a few chicory and cabbages left in it, and the soil is having a rest. But meanwhile... FARMING DILEMMAS! Modern...

It's Autumn in the garden. Time for fungi, rain and autumn harvest. The wonders of nature are manifest in this magnificent rainbow and...

The time for autumn harvest is here as we come to the end of the productive garden season. The rains have arrived too which will boost...

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...