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...

**UPDATE 31st Mar 2022** - The April course has been slow to fill up, so we are now offering the remaining spaces at a discount of 20%...

It's a big warm job for cold Christmas weather – emptying and spreading the year's supply of lovely compost. The first step is to peel...

Yes, it's winter in the garden and the rain is still lashing down outside my window. Dry cold weather will come – I know – and then it...

Huge waves are crashing onto the rocks as the freezing sleet whips past in the winter gale. Yes, it is indeed “winter”. The garden is...

The winter is coming and things are quiet in the garden but there is still lots of good food to be harvested. It's November and the...

Our harvesting continues as winter approaches. There is a profusion of plums, apples and raspberries whilst the carrots were...

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

Composting Our plan to provide 2 new “proper” composting bins to take food waste from the village school is progress well. We have...

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...

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...

It is March already; dry weather at last and cultivating has begun. It took me just a couple of pleasant hours to weed and rotavate 3 of...

The Garden Very quiet in the winter garden. The curly kale is a healthy and very tasty winter green and the sprouting broccoli is waiting...

In the garden the soil is resting now as we potter about when the weather is dry. I was able to spread the compost on a lovely bright...

Each time I open up the mature compost heap (12 months of green material) the excitement is like receiving a rather special Christmas...