Tales of a Kitchen Herbwife

I love going away in the caravan. It is probably the only time I can relax and forget most of my responsibilities. I can go to bed when I’m ...

This has been a truly wonderful week - busy, but full of good things. On Wednesday I travelled up to Sheffield to give a presentation on cha...

Many people are commenting about changes in both activity levels and the feel to the season. The first frantic rush of digging, sowing and p...

On April 18th, at Armathwaite Hall in the Lake District, my eldest son, Richard, married his longterm sweetheart, Laura. His sister, Kathry...

I’ve been intending to post a new blog article for the past week or so, but events always conspire against me. At first I was shattered from...

The equinox will be upon us in another few days. Light is increasing, stimulating new growth in so many different areas. Pink strands hang f...

A heron perched on roof tiles of a school building at the bottom of our garden last Saturday morning as we were eating breakfast. It was sti...