I saw reports on social media that Saturday was the warmest day of the year in the UK. That wasn't the case for us as the temperature refused to reach…

February was a wet and windy month, but as we approach the middle of March the weather is much improved. So far no more storms and far less rain. You…

The weather turned spring like for Friday and Saturday. Storms Dudley, Eunice and Franklin brought plenty of gale force winds and plenty of rain. There’s a chance that this February…

As forecast storm Eunice followed close on the heels of Dudley. For us there was no doubting that Eunice was the worst of the two storms.  I think it’s worth…

It's Thursday afternoon and we are in between storms Dudley and Eunice. I wasn't too sure when storm Dudley arrived. I thought initially that storm Dudley had arrived in the…

Over the last few weeks, we’ve gathered together most of our seed stock for the coming season. It’s mostly our tried and tested varieties that we’ve grown before and which…

Last weekend turned out to be a windy weekend with the arrival of storm Malik on Sunday morning. It brought with it the windiest weather for some considerable time. It…

At the midpoint of the month we’re not doing too badly as far as the weather is concerned. It could certainly have been much worse. After that mildest January day…

You are probably aware of the huge underwater volcano that erupted in the Pacific Ocean close to Tonga on Saturday Morning (UK time).  As far as I am concerned Tonga…

I don't think 2021 will go down in our records as a particularly good gardening year. It certainly finished better than it started. As you can see from the table…