As you know we’ve been a bit slap-dash/fair-weather/downright lazy so far this year!! But yesterday we had a good old weeding and digging session and cleared a large section of our thistles, couch grass and other weedy enemies! We’ve topped with black bags, weighed down with some of the pulled up weeds – with this and [...]

Although we aspire to need and tidy rows of gorgeous looking veg, neatly trimmed herbs and abundant fruit bushes, we just haven’t got that!! So here are some of our perfectly cultivated weeds!! Groundsel (Senecio sylvaticus) is everywhere – we have some fine specimens, all grow naturally in rows straighter than anything we grow on [...]

We’ve been rather neglectful of our plot over the last couple of weeks and we’ve been fair-weather gardeners while the heavy rain has been pouring down. Today was the day to tackle the triffids! We made a good start, but there are weeds everywhere… including some massive alliums growing out of our stinky bin bags!! [...]