The potager is looking a bit sorry for itself. It’s been battered by the northerlies and then battered again by the southerlies. I’m going to have to think again about how to give the right amount of support to my veges as they suffer the indignity... Planting in our garden follows a plan from our landscape designer. Some say we took the easy route paying for someone to do this for us. And that’s true but the thought of trying to create a garden from a hilly field was one step too far for my limited... Sun’s up and out today – thank goodness. I can’t bear the cold and when you’re feeling a bit under the weather there is nothing like a bit of sun to cheer you up and save your lettuces from being a flop crop. I made the mistake of locating... You could almost hear the sign of relief around the garden today. Rain at last. This was rain that wet the roots and brought a bit more colour to the leaves. and will make all the difference to the trees making it through the rest of this summer. With 98mm of rain... Bassets were bred for sniffing. It doesn’t matter too much what it is, sniffing is good as far as a basset is concerned. Big basset was helping me today with the potager harvest. And by help I mean checking things out by giving them a good sniff. I’m... 