But I felt I couldn’t garden like this any more; I needed growing space on our doorstep. Photograph: Tessa Bunney/The GuardianLast September, Chris phoned me while on a house-hunting visit to his parents. Photograph: Tessa Bunney/The GuardianWe plan to keep the land’s focus on helping wildlife, the climate and growing as many wildflowers as space allows. Photograph: Tessa Bunney/The GuardianRhubarb grows particularly well in this part of the world and we’re lucky to have an existing unknown variety, plus a generous fruit cage of goodies including blueberries. Photograph: Tessa Bunney/The GuardianSpring in Yorkshire is a month later than London, autumn a month earlier, and I confess to a sense of relief at this shorter growing season.

Source: The Guardian May 29, 2021 09:56 UTC