I think it’s time for a garden update, to be a bit less sweary than Joe Lycett’s Instagram garden updates. We’re going outside, as we often do on this blog, but we’re only going as far as the garden. I’ve become a keen veg grower in the last couple of years and I think it’s … More How did my garden grow in 2022?

At time of publishing, I was supposed to be at a campsite on the Mendips wrestling with a recalcitrant tent but… I’ve got Covid! It’s not 100% definitely that trip to London from Monday’s blog but it’s a very strong candidate. My parents are going on holiday on Tuesday so they don’t want to catch … More A few unexpected days in the garden

It’s been a sunny weekend so I’ve been out in the garden getting my plants in order. I’ve already talked about what I learned from my garden last year so now I’m starting to put that into practice. Indoors First, my little hot plants. I planted my tomatoes, chillis and peppers in my windowsill propagators … More Spring 2022 in my garden

In the first lockdown, I took to gardening. I’d never taken any interest in it but my dad was doing the shopping for three households in our local little M&S (Tesco was impossible for the first month or so due to the combination of epic queues and shortages caused by panic buying) and they were … More What I learned from my second year of gardening