A glorious week. The weather is still peak wonderful and our little garden is a joy.  Things planted only a week ago just keep on putting out flowers and washing dries on the line in no time at all. (My neighbour very sensibly has washed all her several sofa covers – and I should have […]

  Lime trees are still smelling wonderful and as they won’t for much longer, I keep taking walks up and down the Promenade in Cheltenham where the trees are particularly glorious. At tea a few weeks ago I heard a lovely Vita Sackville-West anecdote from a retired gardener who more than 60 years ago used […]