Lessons learned from a summer spent working outdoors
What being a gardener through five heatwaves has taught me
a nature memoir
This is my home for new writing about nature, wild swimming, place, personal history and how all these things come together
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The Sea, The Sea
Back in it, thinking about it
Chaos and Creation in the Backyard
This is what my back garden looks and feels like...
Other people's gardens
Aka learning to say yes...
The Other Pond
It's not mine, but I love it so...
Never alone, often lonely
Working solo, drifting away from the friendships that offer sanity and connection
Coming home in colour
Why returning from holiday can be just as good as going in the first place
Right back to it
It's time to get back to work, albeit steadily
No plans today
No planning for the garden? Fine. Elsewhere, not so much...
Out the front, part three
The greatest time of year is here