The Nook - A Garden Blog

This morning I was wakened at 6.30 am by a pair of tawny owls hooting from the tree outside our window. As the sun came up it lit the now ...

I was woken early by the sound of torrential rain battering the garden. Later the sun came out and the land shone with that brightness you ...

Nothing to do with music - just made 6 jars of rhubarb and ginger jam for R (she'e the one who eats it) and have four pounds (about 2 K...

Having rabbited on about Nostoc Commune the other blog, R produced an article about slime moulds in a magazine called Aquila. Is its plant...

To start with - a word of warning - beside the black currant bushes is growing a pretty umbellifer looking much like parsley or coriander. ...

It is Sunday and so appropriate that the sun is shining, yet, as I look up the garden from our bedroom window, there is a half moon white i...