August weather is always a bit changeable and as soon as the combine rolls into the field, you can be…
Folklore has it that blackberries shouldn’t be picked after Old Michaelmas Day on 10th October because that’s the day that…
Down by the pond in the corner of Gardeners Field, tucked into the corner behind the stinging nettles, stands an…
Phew. Harvest has finished. After days of checking every weather forecast and stopping and starting between showers, the wheat was…
The roses have flowered early this year and I nearly missed my chance to make Rose Petal Jam from my…
I know a bank where the wild thyme blows, Where oxlips and the nodding violet grows, (William Shakespeare) I don’t…
I’m not sure of the difference between a wild apple and a crab apple, but for cooking I don’t think…
When an elder bush sprang up in the corner of the garden, I kept very quiet about it so that…
We’ve had a long wait for spring this year and now as the sun shines, the desire for rich warming…