Veggies in July

Courgettes taking over

San Marzano tomatoes coming along nicely

Shallots, variety Jermor.  Not a bad yield from 20 bulbs

Odds and ends

New cooker in action

First batch of bread in the new cooker

First tomatoes of the season, about 3 weeks earlier than usual

You've had courgette and lentil bake, courgette and chocolate cake, courgette pizza, now here come courgette fritters!

Latest knitting projects

Alice and the White Rabbit

Garden at the beginning of June

Veg beds with tomatoes, strawberries, climbing French beans, courgettes, broad beans, shallots and blackcurrants

Courgettes

Broad beans

Giverny comes to Cambridge

Self-set poppies under the front window

A new hobby

Having seen the recent exhibition at the V&A, Ben and I try our hands at goldwork

Garden, early April 2017

Newly planted border with Cornus stolonifera 'Flaviramea'

Erysimum 'Bowles Mauve' and double early tulips, variety unknown but the flowers are huge, 10-12cm across

Snowmen, Christmas 2016