It has been so long since I posted I have had to seriously consider whether I should in fact close this blog down.  What happens when you de...

The little things are infinitely the most important (Arthur Conan Doyle).  In the face of bone aching fatigue last week, I have found lots...

Nigella Lawson's new book Kitchen has a couple of useful chapters about the way she sets out and designs her kitchens, what she uses in...

I found a tree at Going Going Green in Hawthorn.   I decided against umbrella trees on the basis that they are an evil profligate weed ty...

I wonder when exactly it was that indoor plants fell out of fashion?  I know that people still have them but do you remember exactly how ubi...

I confess, I am not really a thrifty person.  I am the person that always gravitates towards the most expensive thing in the shop even befor...

Now that spring is here I can indulge my love for all things green.  Which is just as well as we have two green sofas in our sitting room (a...