Secret Garden Club

The Almanac: a seasonal guide to 2018 by Lia Leendertz   (unbound.com) This tiny illustrated book is evocatively written by gardening ...

I always think of blackberries as food for free. I can't imagine ever buying a punnet of blackberries, even though I have seen prize ...

We've been planting new things. I've been growing stuff from seed. The last couple of weeks of heavy rain then sunshine has meant ...

Puntarelle is a type of Italian chicory, especially popular around Rome, but virtually impossible to find in the UK. I’ve tried growin...

Back from her travels in Mexico before Christmas, MsMarmiteLover presented me with a small bag of jicama seeds. Jicama ( Pachyrrizus...

The Secret Garden Club loves Mexican food. It's difficult to obtain authentic ingredients in the UK, although this is continually imp...

As relatives of sunflowers, you can see why Jerusalem artichokes are called 'sunchokes' in the US. We are trying a batch i...