Grow a Three Sisters Garden: How to Grow Beans, Pumpkins and Corn

Grow a Three Sisters Garden: How to Grow Beans, Pumpkins and Corn
Have you heard of the Three Sisters garden? Until 2020, I hadn’t either, but now I wouldn’t be without it in my vegetable garden. Keep reading to find out what it is, and how to… View Post

The Summer Vegetable Garden

The Summer Vegetable Garden
It’s been a while since I’ve given an update on the vegetable garden. The garden as a whole is more of a potager really, with fruit, herbs, vegetables and edible flowers secreted wherever there is… View Post

A Garden of Apples: Tree Following – May 2023

A Garden of Apples: Tree Following – May 2023
It’s good to be back. An unintended hiatus while all my spare and not-so-spare time was taken up with work and finishing some major renovations to the house. I got the email about this month’s… View Post

Peas, turnips and new trees

Peas, turnips and new trees
This weekend we managed quite a lot of time in the garden, which was a nice surprise considering how ill we all were and the unpredictable weather. I find being outdoors in our garden invigorating… View Post

11 February 2023 – signs of life

11 February 2023 – signs of life
What a joy to see the first of my seeds germinating. The onions were eager to get going, tiny little white and green strands unfurling before my eyes, and now four of the tomato ‘Heinz’… View Post