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

When I blithely added the title “what’s going on in the garden this spring?” to my content calendar back along, I was envisioning a nice sunny spring where I spent entire weekends outside, lying on a blanket, with a book next to me and a notebook I hadn’t actually touched. I envisioned coaxing vegetables into … More What’s going on in the garden this spring?

Last lockdown I got quite into gardening, beginner-style, and as I’ve spent the weekend preparing and planning my updated garden, I thought I’d do a blog about how to grow vegetables for beginners. My baby lettuces and peppers brought me such joy last year and yet even this time last year I wouldn’t have cared. … More How to grow vegetables for beginners