Back in February I shared my composting-beginner’s pride at having managed to put together this three-bay compost kitchen, made out of...

Just as I get excited by the fungi that turn up cheekily and uninvited during autumn (“Invitation? Whoever said we needed an invitation?”...

A couple of months ago I noticed that some of the huge ‘weeds’ growing in the area we’ve nicknamed the Jungle weren’t dying back like the...

In spring this year I realised that the lovely plants we had planted a year ago beside the lake were about to get completely swamped by a...