As we move into autumn, the nights close in but the daytime still has warmth and beautiful colours. My garden...
The summer season is a busy one, particularly when you’re establishing a new garden. We’ve been working hard to fill...
As winter turns to spring, we have some changes going on as we rebrand from Hexhamshire Organics to Garden Freyja ahead of the opening of Restaurant Freyja in 2026. The rhythm of life should be slower during the dark and cold winter months, however, on our farm and with a...
While we’ve been making the most of the autumn sunshine and we’re still picking some fab winter produce – the...
It’s been a varied summer weather-wise with more rain than expected, and at times I’ve felt like I’m growing plants...
After what proved a long, draining and very wet winter, I don’t think I have ever been so relieved to feel the bouff of spring. The hedgerows are spinning my brain as I whiz along the back roads of Northumberland, and my garden suddenly turned into a jungle overnight. Thank goodness...
I’m writing just as we tip into March, and it feels like spring is around the corner – Vallum is...
We have seen an abundance of berries and nuts in the hedgerows around us this autumn. The blackberries have been...
It’s been a funny old summer… hot then wet, then I lit the fire one day because it was so cold in the house. The garden has gone berserk too. It must have been perfect conditions for butterflies – and caterpillars – as I’ve seen quite an array of stripey...
It’s the most exciting time of the year when all the preparation and coaxing of seedlings is coming to fruition....
We’ve been chatting beetroot today. All things from baby beets boiled in the pan to bigger ones roasted in the...
The passage of autumn into winter always feels to me like a slowing-down period; a time for reflection. Everything is slowing down, it seems, not just me, and I find it harder to tap into my energy because my instinct is to be still. Which is fine, only I also...
