Growing Things and Making Things

Well, it's still there. When I first built my new terrace , there was some concern about whether it would disappear off down the hillsid...

Whilst trying to find out whether a thick mulch would by likely to kill my speedwell,* I learnt that an infusion of speedwell can be drunk a...

Whilst out for a walk with my neighbour on Sunday, we came to a place where the footpath was liberally strewn with crab apples. Not to let a...

My sister's having another baby any day now, so we went to visit while she was on maternity leave and still has some energy and capacity...

I've been struggling a bit lately, which you might have picked up on from my recent (lack of) posts. I was chatting to a friend (who hap...

For someone who doesn't like to-do lists, I've found the list I made earlier in the summer surprisingly helpful. The first thing, a...

After the crisis of the soggy seeds way back at the end of last year, I've had beans growing in pots in the conservatory. I did intend ...

This is hogweed: Common hogweed by the roadside Since investigating the mystery plant in my garden, I've learnt to recognise hogwee...

This is what I found when I went out to check the slug traps this morning: Note the complete absence of slugs in the trap. Note the tra...

After hunting down and evicting around two hundred slugs over the course of three evenings, I was starting to wonder if simply throwing them...