The Dutch Delta Gardener: strictly non-AI writer/creative

 After nearly three months of drought we now have rain. And lots of it! Not quite the soft, balmy, gentle showers I longed for. No, it pelts...

  Allium White is not a colour, my art teacher taught me. For most people it is, though, and so what? For me white is very important, becaus...

 One day of rain since March 1st, plus one hour last week. A short, ordinary statement, right? But the consequences for our gardens here in ...

 With all the tales about my struggling allotmentgarden, you could  almost, but not quite, forget that I started out with a balconygarden, w...

Rhubarb flower spike  My massive rhubarb had produced a just as massive flower spike in only two days, I do not joke! One of the things I kn...

 Mr Waddles is elusive, but now I have a new resident who is not! Jemima Puddle-Duck  Meet Jemima.  Being a Beatrix Potter fan, I   could no...

 On Thursday afternoon I was watering my parched pot potatoes (no rain for over a month) in my t-shirt, and on Friday morning I woke up to s...