Sow 12wks before last frost but it’s 8 now and ready to go out. 🌸 #petunias #flowers

Listen to your roses, they will tell you when to prune in Spring.

For a sterile seedling grow medium that’s peat-free, and fertilizer free.

Boxwoods are a dying breed here with the arrival of the box tree moth. Got other plans now! #garden

Veggie seedlings have taken off in the last week while the flower babies are still slumbering.

Grew some zinnias indoors over the winter because I was bored…learnt something! #flowers

My cat eats better than me. Instant Pot Bone broth is better and costs a fraction of store-bought.

When you buy too many seeds…

Easy version Claire Saffitz Biscoff cinnamon rolls in 3 hours using my favourite milk bread recipe.

La Dolce Vita! Italian bred seeds I splurged on, plus some other special ones I can’t wait to grow!

Those annoying safety seals that aren't really tamper-proof. Who thought this would work?

Not all Icelandic poppy seeds are the same!

2 sides of Nick Shaylor peony

The ultimate milk bread recipe perfect for an egg salad sando all from scratch! #eggsalad #milkbread

If you like blush pink dahlias, you will love this! 🩷 🌸 #dahlia

Japan’s national fruit: How to eat a persimmon and more! #persimmon #japan

Fall blooms in the Nakanoshima Rose Garden on the Tosahori River, Osaka, reminiscent of Paris.

Rose garden in Osaka, not many blooming now but Utsobo Park is peaceful. Very old varieties here.

Pink Silk dahlia - last of the summer flowers. #dahlias #flowers

Cuddle time! #cat

New zinnias I grew this year that I just LOOOOVE, Cheer from Windfall Flowers and Ballerina #zinnia

6 weeks into his new home, Kennedy is plotting his escape. #rescuecats #ragdolls #adoptedcat

Finally grew this Bloomquist Jean dahlia. Stunning with those curly petals! #gardening #dahlias

Peaches n’ Cream dahlia bloom at all stages - a favourite with collectors #gardening #dahlias

When Penhill Watermelon met Henriette… #dahlias #garden

We made pizza with leftover BBQ brisket #pizza #brisket

Colour spectrum of Summer Pastels yarrow mix - no soft pink in sight yet #garden #flowers

Now blooming 🌼 Pastel stock, selected for double flowers @ birth; marshmallow & rose yarrow #garden

Bad boy 3.5ft peony poppy now blooming #flowers #gardening #poppies

This is what my cat thinks of ducks...#cat #cats #catvideos

Third time trying to grow lettuce 😂 Little Gem variety is an adorable, single serve lettuce head 🥬

Ranunculus are quietly fussy plants - you don’t know they’re sulking until it’s too late. 3rd try!

One day old bloom. Scrumdidleyumptious (D. Smith 2002 Itoh peony) #garden #peony #flowers

Backyard garden is coming alive with the long cool Spring and now jumping into a heatwave. #garden

Where has this plant been all my life? Hardy perennial native to North America Zone 4-9 #garden

Translucent petals on my peony flower 🌸 #peonies #flowers

Can you name the flowers here? They’re ready for the show! #flowers #garden

When it's still cold and you want it to be spring, even a dried hydrangea flowerhead looks good.

Strawberry Blonde Marigold is my new favourite! #flowers #marigold #garden

Best present 🎁 ever! A heated bed for Christmas #cats #cosycat #petgifts #catbed

I think someone is waiting to see what falls down from the bench. #bakemyday #bakingday #justbake

Watermelon Radish Harvest in Late Fall #veggies #radish #fallgarden

Frosty temps still no match for the flowers in my zone 6 back garden #bloominggardens #fallgarden

Flower shops in Paris are so artfully displayed! #flowers #paris #flowerdaily

These Cupcake Blush & Snow Puff cosmos are so dreamy. #flowers

World’s largest known variety of dahlia, Emory Paul can grow flowers 12-14” inches in size. #dahlias

Jowey Arenda is prettier in person than it's photo! #flowergardening #garden #flowers #dahlias

Penhill Watermelon is an XL dinnerplate dahlia that is surprisingly floriferous #dahlias #flowers