Seasons come and seasons go

Despite my plans for today, I woke up with a very sore back from my rock climbing this week. Because "Why I Went Rock Climbi…

From the tree to our mouths

This weekend we decided to take a break and went away to an apple/pear farm about 1hrs drive away. They offer "gleaning"…

Autumn food

Before my pumpkins succumbed to milddew in December they were able to set some fruits. Not anywhere close to what we had hoped f…

Skeletons in my shed and all that stuff!

Even though the major growing season is over, because we get no snow or frost here I can grow year round. Things just sloooow dow…

Hide 'n Seek

I can't believe it has been over a week since my last post. This is primarily due to the fact that my PC was in hospital but …

How are things growing?

Because it is the 1st of April I thought I would do a quick update of what's growing in the garden... Broad beans - these are…

"Murder!" she wrote.

Growing up we had a TV series by this title and while she was a accidental detective, I am just a gardener. But when I find a pro…

Yip...autumn is definately here!

I know this because...Today I swept up my first pile of leaves...My grapevine's leaves have turned.... The shadows have chang…