Usually, I don’t manage to get any strawberries, as the snails and slugs generally beat me to them, however this year, a few fruits have been picked and eaten! How come things are different now?    I discovered that a few snail pellets scattered around the plants helped, but what was more successful was to place [...]

It’s a hot day out in the garden, but the plants are doing their best to provide fresh food. The plum tree is dropping fruit all over the grass as it ripens. There is no way I can use all of it, but this morning I bottled some plums for Winter.   There was a lot [...]