where eagles fear to perch

We have three variegated 'Spanish Dagger' plants (Yucca Gloriosa) in the garden, two of which we bought quite small and planted in t...

We've just returned from a holiday on the island of Madeira, which is a place we'd never visited before.  As keen gardeners, we...

The year marches on - we're already past the equinox and heading into the gloom of winter, but I'm drafting this post from a ninth-f...

At our previous house, we had a rambling rose which ran along the entire length of the garden fence, and produced a profusion of snowy white...

We built this gate when we first moved in here seven years ago.   At the time, half of the front aspect of the house was open and we wanted ...

In the spring, we noticed gnawing marks on a piece of soap in the cupboard under the bathroom sink, and removing the bath panel revealed a f...

Here's some pictures of the fruit growing in our garden - looks like it could be a bumper crop this year ... first ever pears develo...