Oh, I forgot to say! In not a very long time we’re going to London! So if anyone has any (child-friendly) tips, I’d love to hear them. I’ve already pencilled in a visit to Petersham Nurseries and hopefully things will work out so we get to hang out with some of my old (and missed) [...]

This is how the apple blossoms looked on the 8th of May. Soon, they will be over. I’ll miss them. Spring is beautiful but there are too many goodbyes. Fortunately, there are a lot of hellos still to come. I finally sowed some vegetables – leeks, spinach, rocket and beetroot. As well as one row [...]

The plum blossoms are dripping in the fresh rain, careful petals beginning to cover the grass, already? It’s much too soon, I think. I put the tools away, the large broom and the little child-sized broom, the spade, my gloves, wet from the heavy spring rain. Inside the shed I listen for a moment, the [...]