Asparagus

Vegetable
More than just an aphrodisiac. Asparagus is expensive and unless it’s in season, has probably been flown to the supermarket from Peru. H ow much nicer to skip up the garden to harvest your own spears while yo...

Free Fertiliser

From The Garden, Ramblings
If you have nettles in your garden don't dig them all up - make free plant food out of them. B etter still find another corner and plant some comfrey.  Not only is it a very pretty plant but your tomatoes wil...

Wisteria

Flowers, In The Garden
It is no exaggeration that we have suffered a calamity in the garden. O ur lovely, fledgling wisteria has had a serious setback. We planted it three years ago against the back of the house and have been pains...

Peas

From The Garden, Vegetable
I love peas.  So does my sister.  She is not allowed in the vegetable patch unchaperoned during pea season because she will strip a plant faster than a flock of wood pigeons. L ast year I grew three varieties...