The laws of nature can be baffling sometimes. Certainly there has been plenty for me to learn about living in the country. I am not sure where justice fits in the laws of nature but I know that life and death is a fine balance with its own in-built pecking order.... My stepmother is probably horrified about my slightly haphazard, easy come easy go attitude to gardening. Actually, I don’t think there is much probably about it. It’s clear that I’m not upholding the family standards as far as gardening is... It was with some trepidation that I ventured out to look at the potager when I got home. What might have happened in it over the five weeks it has been left home alone? With no-one tending to its every need I was hoping for the best and expecting the worst. There... My obsession with kitchen gardens is starting to reach unhealthy proportions. I insisted in inspecting every part of the Chatsworth Kitchen Garden and I was not disappointed with what I found. Once again it provided an inspiration to what may be possible for our... They say going back is hard to do. I’m not sure I agree. Visiting old haunts has been part of the fun and never more so when we visited Stowe which was a few miles from where we used to live and became our favourite place for a weekend stroll. When we were... 