I went into the garden today (bit early, I know – how unlike me…I mean it’s not even MARCH yet is it) …but there was a sliver of sunshine, and the grass was gleaming, and the whole thing just sort of said ‘come hither’. So out I waddled, inappropriately dressed as usual, and stood next [...]
The garden has been neglected (and is none the worse for that)…I’m sluttily leaving it until the second half of September, when I shall whip things into shape in that ‘back to school’ way we all have. What HAVE I been doing? well, mothering really. A three year old takes rather a lot of [...]
Remember Chelsea? I’ve been meaning to do a few blogs about doing Chelsea at home but, like the British summer, I am slow at getting into gear this year… A few stand-out things have stayed with me since Chelsea, and they won’t go away. I think this is an excellent marker of VERY GOOD STUFF. [...]
I love slow things. Here’s something I made almost a year ago, when I was rushing around being very un-slow, filming stuff for telly. Succulent off-sets, pinched off and squidged into the gritty-compost-filled frog of a brick. (You can get the recipe here). It was done in haste (and many, many times over, because that’s [...]
I’ve been meaning to do a quick update on the swamp I made for George back in January. Suffice to say, George is comfortable. Here it was in January: Also, late to the billion dollar party, I know, but I am finally having a love affair with Instagram (although I do want [...]
My new book, Sweet Peas for Summer is in the SHOPS, so I thought I’d do a little recipe in its honour I’ve been wanting arches in my garden for quite some time now, (for sweet pea frolics and in order to satisfy my climbing rose fetish) and I’ve been holding back mainly because I [...]
I love nests I am the nesting type. Around this time of year I can usually be found fashioning things to hold eggs…chocolate or otherwise. I recently spied this lovely thing on the Marfa Stewart website. I had pussy willow (because I always end up buying it at this time of year)…and my old, dried, [...]
Never parTICularly been one for an ‘erbal infusion’ (unless it’s lemon verbena or peppermint) I’m far more likely to munch leaves or a flower in a salad… or cover it with sugar and put it on a cake… … but stuff’s wee bit stressy at the moment, and I went out to pick [...]
Muscari (Grape Hyacinth) are out in the shops right now. You should plant bulbs in autumn and LOTS of them…in which case you could do a lot worse than create a river like this one at Keukenhof (oh to see that one day). But for those of us with a little less space, they are [...]
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