Tomatoes – the 2023 Crop
The last of the tomatoes are now ripening in the kitchen and I’ve been looking back at the 2023 season. . . .
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The last of the tomatoes are now ripening in the kitchen and I’ve been looking back at the 2023 season. . . .
Read moreI’m dreaming of daffodils – not least because I’ve finally finished planting all the bulbs that I somehow bought. So, . . .
Read moreIs life getting you down? In Feel-Good Gardening, author Claire Stares gives advice on how your garden and nature in . . .
Read moreToday’s cheerful flower is a reminder of sunnier days after some truly awful weather over the past week. I do . . .
Read moreIt seems I can’t stay away from gardens. A recent trip to Italy was meant to be a break from . . .
Read moreSomething that has made a rather late appearance for this week’s cheerful flower. This is one of my new dahlias . . .
Read moreUnlike many things in the garden – dahlias, I’m looking at you – the sweet peas have had a great . . .
Read moreSomething from my feature for this month’s Cotswold Life magazine for today’s cheerful flower. I went out to Cotswold Garden . . .
Read moreThis week’s cheerful flower is something I usually expect to see in summer not mid-September. It has been a topsy . . .
Read moreI may not like a manicured garden but I do think a pleached hedge needs to be neat. Ours was . . .
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