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These are the months of harvest. The time of return, when the garden finally gives something back for the months of work you've put in.

I am a recent convert to the summer risotto: this light, clean dish is a perfect way to showcase the freshness of your summer produce.

Growing our own food, and making the garden a place in which we want to spend time has definitely been high on our list of priorities.

It's been a busy morning gardening, and now I'm hungry. Thankfully, we've harvested our first broad beans for a bright, fresh bruschetta.

Often taken for granted, cow parsley is a staple of countryside verges: tiny flowers like white paint splattered amongst the greenery.

It had to be said, our small garden was in a sorry state: what the neighbours must have thought?!? We had a lot of work ahead of us!

I think I am about to make us very unpopular: Our suburb is most definitely a 'nettle-free zone', but I am about to change all that!

There is something special about trees in winter. Their skeletal frames are one of the hallmarks of the British winter landscape.

We have never considered ourselves 'flower people'. We were, therefore, surprised to find ourselves rushing around in search of snowdrops!

Autumn advances. A walk to the nearest post box became an impromptu foraging expedition: sloes picked for making gin for Christmas gifts.