I have finally finished the craft fair road signs. It was one of those projects that, on paper, looked like lots of fun. I was on day three of what turned out to be eight straight days, and I was starting to wonder what the heck I had taken on. I had not anticipated that one of the paints I was using needed five coats. Gardeners Crafting Diary of Wonderment March 2026

I will discuss the sort of plants that are really easy to grow; mostly they all self-seed with ease and need little care, to create the backbone to an English cottage garden. Whilst it is easy to admire a blooming cottage garden, it is rare to consider how much work is involved and in truth, it should all look after itself for most of the year

As we head towards the summer solstice I like to spend days in the garden planning future planting schemes and researching colour for...