I spent a lot of this weekend sheltering from showers, marooned in either the shed or the greenhouse, or dashing up the garden to the house ...

Spring has definitely arrived in my garden now.  The chaenomeles blossom is just about out and the lilac buds are slowly emerging. ...

I’ve been sewing.  In fact I’ve been sewing on and off for as long as I can remember.  My mum taught me to use an electric sewing machin...

The sunflower seeds are proving a big hit this week in the bird feeder.  The goldfinches always come in pairs. The siskins (at least I...

The sun came out this weekend! The cold easterly wind dropped and the sun actually shone, it was wonderful. This little scilla had been...

It's really not feeling much like spring here, the wind is biting and although we've had some sunshine today, it's now back to g...

The weather is not really conducive to gardening today as it's raining and blowing a right old hooley. But earlier on in the week we had...