Garden Journal
The Medlar Waits for Nobody
Looking ahead to autumn
The medlar knows something the other trees don't: that patience has its own flavour, and it is worth waiting for.
May · Runner BeansEverything Needs Attention at Once
The garden in May
The raspberries are climbing. The strawberries sprawling with characteristic ambition. The gooseberries quietly swelling.
Featured · MAY 2026A Small Orchard. Well, Actually — Two Pear Trees and a Fig.
This morning, as on every morning
I have a small orchard. Well, actually, it's two pear trees and a fig tree, gifted to me by a neighbour — but an orchard it is, and I claim the word without apology.
Plant ChronicleThe Bay Tree & What Marie Knew
Early spring
It was Marie who identified it. Standing in the garden, quite certain, the way she always is about plants.