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October is upon us.  We sip drinks now under a long, soft twilight. The terrace lights are twinkling at 6pm, no longer switched on when we s...

Black nightshade [Published in 2016, and updated 5 October 2021] You won't learn the last word here on black nightshade because the ...

The first green yuzu fruit are on the young, potted tree on our terrace.  Citrus x juno  is a cross between a wild citrus and a mandarin-ty...

In Green-Wood Cemetery there was a hornet's nest in a Turkish hazelnut tree. It is exquisite. If it was Art, people would line up and wa...

You may have heard that it has rained a lot in New York.  Bad for people. Good for plants. Come and meet some of those plants during a serie...

It seems sudden, the arrival of the night. But the evenings are evenings, again. This is 7.39pm on Monday. Supper not on the table, yet.  Ra...

And sometimes the terrace is a mess. Because it all happens here, on the stone table. Potting, transplanting, and after it is all swept and ...