Char Faber puts asparagus on the plate

May 22nd, 2012

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So, David Hockney it is over, but not quite.

May 1st, 2012

Thousands of us  stood and jostled  in the grand rooms up the stair of the Royal Academy to see the rendering of our countryside by David Read more..

On acid in a car park

April 29th, 2012

Yellow has pushed its busy way forward the past few weeks:  throwing its hair around and dancing in the fields as the rape seed flowers Read more..

Literary extract from The Great Gatsby

April 26th, 2012

….”the lawn started at the beach and ran towards sun-dials and brick walls and burning gardens – finally when it reached Read more..

Tribute to an old shepherd’s hut

April 25th, 2012

This shepherd’s hut was found rotting in a spinney with young trees thrusting their way through its rib cage.    It must have been a Read more..

A feast of spring buds

April 23rd, 2012

Forget the daffodils.  The high-point  of spring is the dancing buds and dazzle of early flowers on  trees.   Warm March and the Read more..

I cannot speak a word of Turkish

April 18th, 2012

but I know that these are the seeds of desire: Like it? Click to share, tweet and save Hide Read more..

Allotment newbie: the first few shakey steps

April 18th, 2012

Cucumber seedlings are sulking on an east facing window sill and waiiting to go down to the allotment.  From spring onions oiled to Read more..

Tapping my innermost restraint at Beth Chatto gardens

April 9th, 2012

I am at the gardens of Beth Chatto, just out of the whist and twiffle of the seaside ozone and beyond the breath of roaring Colchester.  I Read more..

The world’s best nurseries: series 3

February 21st, 2012

Santa’s Grotto or elves?  A very good way to write off a garden centre or nursery,  or so I used to think.  On the east coast of Read more..