Connected
November 21, 2022
We live in a beautiful corner of Somerset, in the middle of one of the richest prehistoric landscapes in western Europe.
Looking out from our kitch...
The Stone Pine
November 7, 2022
I was 60 this year, so we treated ourselves to a trip around France and Italy. When we got back, partly to to remember it and partly because I'm tr...
This. Is. A. Disgrace.
September 25, 2022
Friday's "mini budget" has been condemned in some quarters as a reckless, incompetently executed and morally repugnant exercise based on a failed e...
Tom The Apple Man
July 31, 2022
What with one thing and another we're a bit behind meeting some of our new suppliers.
Last season we started selling bare root fruit trees from Tom...
Tips To Help Your Garden Cope With Extreme Heat
July 17, 2022
Many perennials, shrubs and trees - particularly newly planted - are going to struggle in the kind of conditions we're faced with as I write - reco...
A Little Politics
July 10, 2022
It's bizarre that as we experience at least a week of really extreme temperatures, neither climate change nor biodiversity loss have yet to feature...
Sabre Wasp
June 25, 2022
Last week I was minding my own business watering the tomatoes in the greenhouse when an extraordinary beast buzzed past me. It must have been nearl...
Verging on the Impossible
June 13, 2022
Just up the lane we have a really nice verge, which is a kind of mini-meadow. We're acknowledging the value of this kind of area for wildflowers na...
Unwilding
May 28, 2022
HUGE congratulations to local garden designers Urquhart and Hunt, who won Best of Show at Chelsea this year - and at their first attempt! What fant...
A Nightingale Sang...
May 3, 2022
Nightingales; a lesson for our times.
The Squeeky Wheel
April 19, 2022
I've found it very difficult to post anything recently. Horticultural topics seem trivial, environmental and political issues depressingly repetiti...
We Are a B Corporation!
March 27, 2022
We are a B Corporation!
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