When I moved here I inherited a vine.  It was very unloved and straggly and didn't produce any grapes.  Over the last 2 and 1/2 years I ...

Last autumn I bought 3 Cedric Morris irises at the NCCPG (National Council for the Conservation of Plants and Gardens) plant fair at Helmi...

My garden is full of promise today.  It feels as though it's teasing me, with its half opened buds, just biding their time, waiting for ...

Today is my cats' birthday. Florence and Dylan were born 5 years ago to a young ferral cat and  they were  all taken to SESAW , an anim...

Today was the annual plant sale in Sudbury.  I'd never been before, and nearly didn't go this year because of the weather, but I...

I bought these on a whim last autumn for two reasons really.  One was that I liked the name (it conjured up a nice image of minuetting china...

  Unnamed inherited rose in my garden (possibly Pink Perpetue) I love roses. As far as I'm concerned you can never have enough roses (...