Strange as it may sound, the key to a forest garden is the network of paths which provide access. These can have a habit of disappearing int...

Elder is one of my favourite trees. It has beautiful creamy flower umbels early in the summer which are a magnet for insects followed by dee...

A ground cover plant which grows in the shade, is edible and perennial. It's a forest gardener's dream. What about one whose local n...

On a similar note to the previous post, giants are stirring below the ground and stretching their leafy arms to reach the sky, revelling in ...

I've just got back from Mexico! It was a birdwatching trip with friends, well timed to avoid all the storms. The smallholding was left i...

Who'd  have thought  I'd be sitting here in 2022 with the world in such a strange place? Just for a while it seemed like everything ...