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immediate allotment neighbours were there and a small impromptu conference took place on my plot to discuss the weighty topic of potatoes.I'm going to plant lots of potatoes — a handful of first earlies called 'Riviera' (one I've not tried before) and a good

I got a very lovely surprise in the post this week. Not chocolate (I'm pretty sure that we've all had quite enough of that for the moment), not riches beyond compare (they must have got lost in transit somewhere), but lots of small packets of seed

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When we moved into our previous house, in Nunhead, there was some small, but well-established growth of Japanese knotweed in the back garden. It took four years of pulling up stalks and roots to get rid of it … at least I think we got rid of it

is one of the bleakest stretches of water in south London. But as I watched, it arched its neck down and down closer to the surface, then with that sudden darting plunge it snapped up some small wriggling thing, tossed it into the air and gulped it down

-escape balcony, over the block of back gardens, to see if I can spot any life anywhere. And with perfect timing, announced by a series of metallic ‘tsit tsit tsit’ notes, a small gang of titmice comes bobbing over the hedges and lands in next-door’s cherry tree

The very mention of the word 'tree' causes some gardeners to twitch nervously. Who can possibly have space in a small, modern garden for a tree, let alone two? Well, I think everyone has, provided they choose the right ones. I've enjoyed reading

're the size of a small postage stamp, or a sprawling country estate. Like many gardeners in January, I'm thinking about the things I'd like to change. These plans are known around here as mummy's 'New Year revolutions' — because like most resolutions, they get

knocking into too many other promenaders, I decide to head for the picnic tables near the Anoplotherium herd for an early lunch. Or is it a late second breakfast?Tucking in to our home-made quiche, and carrot cake, I notice a small bird flickering about

My 2010 garden tally of butterfly species is now up to six. We've had single visits from large white, comma, peacock and small tortoiseshell. They obviously didn't find much of interest in my garden, so dipped down, bustled about one circuit