I miss the light, only a few weeks ago it shone brightly and warmly on my face. Now, as we reach the winter solstice it's slipped . . .
Have you got your spring bulbs in the ground yet? The best time to plant these is in November but if you get them in this week they . . .
How to plant up a cottage style garden. My childhood garden was a fairytale of flowers. My mother spent hours tending to it each . . .
After years of being on the waiting list, we finally have a little allotment plot. Technically it is our friend's plot, but with two . . .
It's early November, the leaves have almost all fallen from the tree at the end of our garden and most of our summer blooms have died . . .
I've been quiet in this space the last month, needing to take a breather and step away from my computer a while. It's been a funny few . . .
One of my favourite sounds of summer is the gentle hum of busy bees, but sadly, our bees are under threat. 97% of our grasslands have . . .
Yesterday we took the kids to the beach before supper and watched the waves roll in at high tide. Sea air is such a tonic and escaping . . .