This time of year is when the garden is looking at its best. I don't have plants with year-round colour, so during the colder months, it...

It's been a rather pleasant start to May. Usually, there would be one really great week of glorious weather, but we've had continuou...

  And breathe! That's much better. This last month I've been running on empty. Busy working weeks, and daily hospital visits have, u...

  And just like that, we stumbled into autumn. The last day of summer was quite beautiful here, and I spent some time in the garden doing a ...

It was never my intention to be away for so long. I had anticipated these last few weeks would be busy, but what I hadn't realised was j...

It may be September now,  but finally we're experiencing the warm sunny weather that might have been more suited to earlier on in the su...

  I must confess that I haven't spent an awful lot of time in the garden this year, whether it be for work or for pleasure. The constant...

This has been the first year that I can remember in which I haven't had any success with my sunflower seeds. Naturally, I was disappoint...

I've had a busy week, and I was already feeling extremely tired, when Lily became poorly during the night. Instead of going along to our...