Kate's Blog

How many ladybirds have you seen this summer? I have only seen one and that was when it landed on my arm ...
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The summer sky above the garden is busy - with dashing flight, shining blue backs and burst of twittering which sounds more like gossip than birdsong - there is no mistaking the most beautiful, agile and heart-lifting of birds - the swallow ...
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This is the month for roses. Classic roses that adorn our walled kitchen garden are at their peak around the middle of June ...
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For me, nothing celebrates the glorious month of May more than the wonderful froth of cow parsley ...
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April begins with bare brown branches and bare brown soil and ends with long days full of the majesty of Spring ...
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I turn 41 next month, still a youngster I know, but I've been noticing recently signs that I'm getting older….. Thinking about the good old days, and the older I get the more good old days there are to look back on. Trying to remember where I left things and I find myself walking in the tool shed and trying ...
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We don't just have one one-legged pheasant. We have two. A male and female with two legs between them that Hew has named Percy and Percina ...
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realise that many moments I have in the garden amount to bird-watching. I love sitting with a mug of tea, hands dirty, watching the birds watching me ...
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There's been a delivery........of 9,150 bulbs to be precise ...
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Dahlias are back in vogue. Once dismissed as being terribly old fashioned and vulgar - gardeners and florists can't get enough of the enduring charm of dahlias ...
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