Growing your own is heralded as cheap and easy. I beg to differ. I have not fully costed all the seeds, compost and other paraphernalia but cheap is not a word I’d use. Neither is easy. You have to have your wits about you, pay close attention to detail... Seeing peas seedlings pop up through the soil says summer is on it’s way. But it also means it’s time to do battle with the bamboo canes for a spot of garden engineering. My original plan this year was to construct some obelisks and paint them in... I have a good feeling about our backyard pantry this year. The fruit bushes I planted out in the kitchen garden are looking healthy with great signs of lots of berries to come. The trees in the orchard are starting to burst into life too with miniature figs,... Having a different point of view is what often makes one photograph stand out as more interesting. I was inspecting the kitchen garden and started to wonder what it might be like to see the garden from a basset’s point of view. But I didn’t follow... The kitchen garden may look like it’s been ransacked right now but we’ve still got a wide range of winter vegetables to bring to the table every day. I’ve been taken aback by how we can create a veritable feast from what looks like a humble pile of... 