It’s interesting how certain smells or sounds remind us of specific things, a person, a place or an activity. Orange, for example, is one of my favourite sme...

We had the darkest day of the year on 21st December, with daylight lasting for just a few hours. This winter solstice marks the moment the sun shines at its ...

As the days have got shorter and colder, my life has moved indoors and away from the garden. We have had an amazingly long and colourful mild autumn up to now...

Garden hydrangeas have been pretty special this year and they’re still going strong! I was in the Lake District last week and despite it being October there w...

The nights are drawing in, and October will see the clocks going back and the first frosts in colder parts of the country. Gardening time might feel curtaile...

September is the beginning of one of my favourite times of year, not least for the fact that the garden is more relaxed than it has been for some time. The f...

Summer is progressing July has been one of the hottest months of the year so far and it’s a great time to sit out and enjoy the garden with the benefit of lo...

I’ve been so busy during June and thought about time I did one of these posts that I’ve been itching to do. June was so sunny and warm, full of outings, a bi...

Summer arrives The anticipation in the lead up to summer has been building up for many months. However, the start of the season has now officially arrived in...

Hello weekend, I’m definitely ready for you. We’ve all been gritting our teeth through all the rain recently so a bit of spring warmth is most definitely in ...

April has arrived, and only this week has it graced us with several days of fantastic weather and as April is one of the busiest months in a gardener's calen...

I felt like I’d really got into the swing of these wintery weeks, and then we had one sunny day this post Easter week with ever so slightly longer evenings. ...

This Easter, the weather isn’t planning on playing ball. I have all my fingers and toes crossed that the forecast improves, but right now I’m looking at anot...

The days are getting ever so slightly longer and the birds are beginning to sing. The gardening New Year starts in March and with perfect growing conditions ...

I still remember the soaps of my childhood – bars of creamy Imperial Leather, the spicy scent of Pear’s and the nostalgic fragrance of Yardley’s Lavender. Bu...

Ah, January. This month has felt like one of many gloomy days, feeling under par and those back-to-work blues. Let’s face it, we all need a boost right now. ...

I had a simple and happy Christmas spent with my family. We don’t do fancy. It’s just a lovely jumble of traditions that we all hold dear. I appreciate the t...

This was the last week of work before Christmas. How did that happen? It’s been so busy. I’ve enjoyed a pre-Christmas lunch with my work colleagues who I don...

The weather’s turned wintry, and everything’s beginning to look decidedly twinkly. What have I been loving most this week? We all have our own Christmas trad...

Its December and here we are at the end of another week. I’m not quite sure how we got here – the days are slipping by at an alarming rate and I still have r...