Happy September! It seems only five minutes that I did a post a few months back about my garden and dipping my toe into the veg growing waters and well, since then it’s certainly flourished. The tiny seedlings I planted earlier in the the year are now giant plants, flowering and almost ready to bear…

I’m not sure if it’s because I’m getting older (and one naturally becomes interested in hobbies of the retired – lawn bowls and the like), or because I’ve been watching a lot of River Cottage lately but I’ve become really interested in gardening; well not just gardening but becoming a smallholder. Yep Hugh Furly-Wurly as…