Fieldfare in midwinter

Fieldfare in midwinter - I spotted this bird in our garden from the ground floor study - this is somewhat rarer than the brown-all-over c...

Walled Garden update...heritage varieties and organic techniques to prevent pests

Since we’ve had all that rain and, now that the sun has come out, the vegetable crops are growing really well in the Walled Garden! R...

First apple in my garden

First apple in my garden - What's that splash of red on our apple tree? Why, it's an apple. Indeed the very first one on the tr...

The Himalayan Garden is sublime in June...

‘Himalaya’, ‘The Abode of Snow’, the vast range of mountain peaks which arc across Central Asia, has an extraordinary diversity of flora...