April is out to fool us - watch the weather. It is capricious at this time of year. It has been an odd start to the year - most things...

March is busy and there can be a lot to do in your garden, depending on what you grow., so here is a selection of the most important jobs...

Every year, in February, I feel compelled to start sowing seeds – vegetables and flowers – and I have to rein myself in from starting too...

At some point in February the weather starts to warm up and plants start to move - sometimes at a terrific pace. Crocus bulbs can develop...

January is the month for being kind to yourself - it is usually cold and dark and I am usually overweight and feeling broke, and I get...

A couple of days ago we experienced the first serious frost of the winter. It is always a turning point in the year. The proof is that...

Not quite winter, but on damp dull days it feels like it - it is easy to imagine that now is the moment to down tools until March - but...

Lots to do this month before colder weather sets in. The soil is still warm but the dry summer months are behind us; it is a time of both...

August is the end of my gardening year and I tend to adopt a very French attitude to it - it is a holiday period. The weather should be...

It has been an unusual year so far – above average rain and a decidedly more “British” climate. Plants which love moisture have done...

June sees the start of summer and, by now, plants in the garden should be growing strongly and daily tasks have morphed from sowing seeds...

This week a vital project has been to tackle the growing problem of deer damage. We have always had a problem with deer because they roam...

January 2015 We have a couple of these........ First, in an umbrella pine in the garden there is a nest of pine processionary...

Tender plants can be moved outside Depending on where you live in France, at some point in May your tender plants can be safely moved...