No-dig green manures

It was wonderful to get outside today in the warm sunshine. The snow has melted away, the sky is blue with a few clouds, and the temperature here in London is a balmy 16C, made slightly cooler by the cool wind. I walked to the allotment listening to the end of Mark Cocker’s book about […]

Spring around the corner

I’ve never been so happy to see the turn of January to February to and feel the first signs of spring. This was the first week when the light began to change, the sun felt a little warmer when it made an occasional appearance, the days became noticeably longer and something in the air proclaimed […]