Grow from seed, but grow sensibly. Buy from good sources and grow things you can’t easily buy elsewhere as established plants.

A though on Weather Patterns and the value of rain and how we often become over confident that rain is enough to establish plants.

A more complete thought on the value and risks of plant roots.

The lost post - To follow.

The problem with diversity and recruitment to Horticulture.

Write about what you know and use your wit and experience to make that writing interesting to your readers. Sounds simple...

Changing weather patterns make it hard for us to garden knowingly.

Regret over food standards dropping with low quality imports being allowed soon and not owning chickens!

The magical quality of Plant Moments are what separate plants from all other garden construction materials.

Grow Your Own, eat and drink it. The best you’ll ever eat, but think differently about what to plant.

I’m a lazy gardener. I hate weeding and always have. I now pretend that this is because I am experimenting with wildflowers and selfseeded

Finding the balance between your perfect garden and one that suits your kids can be difficult!

Small-leaved, small -flowered, ground-hugging plants are interesting me most at the moment.

I’m at war with slugs and snails for eating my Parochetus communis!

Looking out of my office window I have had the long, new stems of a white-flowered Buddleja davidii that I bred a few years ago whip backwar

Pyracantha coccinea flower buds are such a perfect plant moment.

Thinking about temperature change affecting plant growth and the tendrils of Cobaea scandens.

A simple explanation on how Bi-specific and Bi-generic hybrids are created and how to read and write them.

A beginner's guide to Botanical Latin, especially focusing on Colour. Color in the garden and its meaning

With all the wonderful plants looking good at the moment, let us not forget the value of plants grown primarily for their foliage.