

I’m Joanne and I live with my family on the North West coast of Lancashire, England.
Here you’ll find our adventures in gardening organically using no-dig and permaculture principles, beekeeping, and trying to make the best use of the produce we grow using preserving, crafting and cooking
delicious food in our home garden and on our allotment.

I’ve noticed a bit of a trend the last couple of weeks on the various Facebook forums where people are proudly showing what they’ve got growing and how mature it is, to have it all…

Yesterday I left the house, went for lunch with my daughter and husband and went for a pootle around the local Antiques centre where I bought 4 nice baskets, I am a sucker for a…

Well 2022 has finally gone and we are now tumbling through the first days of 2023. As this is my first entry on the blog, what better way to start than looking back at what…