Building a show garden – the Colour Box experience!
For the last few days I’ve had the absolute pleasure of working as a volunteer on the build stage of a show garden at RHS Hampton Court Flower Show. First […]
The Mulberry Experience – Charlotte Russe
Before Fran moved to a Bedfordshire village I’d never eaten a mulberry. Not an unusual thing, I don’t know many people who have. But she has a beautiful specimen in […]
Strands of gold, green powder, sweet crisps and sticky molasses
If you’re thinking about unusual crops in 2017, saffron and yacon are brilliant. Stevia is just weird. My 3rd saffron harvest has finally been weighed and packed away. It weighs………0.9g, […]
Grow your own compost – my challenge for 2017
The hedge is lopped, and its trimmings need to dry out enough to burn. They’re lurking on the bit of frozen path I need to mattock for the new shed […]
