Alternative Eden

 Whilst visiting Palma on the island of Mallorca, we had a visit to the Arab Baths in the old town.  Dating to 10th or 11th century, these a...

Growing up in the tropics the warmest temperature I've ever experienced was 34C (93F) in the depths of summer (albeit paired up with opp...

No gardening blog year would be complete (I know we did skip blogging a year or two) without us giving an update on our tiny front garden at...

Last year we posted about out little collection of Mangave  displayed on our top patio. Time for an update but first a little rescue story: ...

  A few days ago the photo below came up on my Facebook timeline, from around 2015/2016 (I think)... It's quite a significant photo in t...

Let's have a quick look at a special group of Scheffleras with no ID growing in our utility/propagation area. Their background is explai...