where eagles fear to perch

So where did all the money go in 2018 ?  Here's our regular end-of-year review. click on the graphic for a larger image ...

Following on from my post in September about building the pergolas , for a while afterwards I was thinking that the larger one to the side o...

I mentioned this subject in a post a few years back, but inspired (!) by the recent decision by NS&I to tie future index-linked certific...

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...