An eventful autumn at Oaklands

It's been a while since I actually wrote about the Pottager and food. The garden really is paying back dividends beyond my imaginings. I...

Onions, jam and a very naughty parrot

The garden in full flower at the summer solstice

A large haul of moths including two Hawk-moths

Setting our new moth trap for the first time.

All is exuberant untidiness May. In the wood, in the wildflower areas and around the pond. Planned chaos. Out of the corner of my eye I...

Early spring and the trees are tentative.

This is the fourth season I have got down to the nitty gritty of planting vegetables but unlike other years I will be around to watch,...

So that's that then. The period 7 November 2008 - 6 April 2023 I spent overseas as an expat in Dubai and now I am home to get on with...

New Zealand and its unique flora

A winter garden in rural Herefordshire, and change is afoot.

The winter garden - jobs to do, and as always, the weather.

Moving into the colder months, the garden still has a lot to give.

A desert island discs of cookbooks for a house to flat move,

A return to the late summer garden and the effects of drought and heat.

Return to the garden in early July, and a lot has changed.

It's been a while since I posted and it seems to be the time of year for foodie posts. The end of June saw a quick return from garden...

I have not posted for a while but life has been good during April and May so I have a few posts to catch up on. Waking up with nothing...

Mid-May. Rain, at last. Night after night - so, considerate rain, to boot, allowing daytime gardening to proceed as normal. The...