i met my cousin in Hampton court Flower Show today, took his picture and a ==LOT== of others. Sorry for the rather haphazard arrangement of the photos and lack of post production, what they loose in finesse they make up for in speed.Any questions, fire away, I have a lot of backgound info on quite a few.

Does anyone recognise this? I saw it at Hyde Hall Gardens, a most pleasant and relatively uncrowded RHS garden. It was in the Queen Mother’s garden, and the women in the shop wrongly identified it as a knautia. Stands about 4ft tall. Rather thistle-y. Thoughts?

Hello everyone. As I am spectacularly famous, I shall refrain from introducing myself and instead allow you to discover the multitudinous facets of my personality as time passes. I am helped in this venture by my able student and assistant, Ham, who has his own blog. We have been working together for so long, often people find it difficult to telll the two of us apart.

What, then, has brought me to this juncture? The truth is that there are limited platforms where a ein gebildetes Schwein, un cerdo educado, an educated pig, if you will, can be fully appreciated. The blog appears to be the ideal opportunity. As they say, on the Internet, nobody knows if you are a pig.

You may expect this diary to range freely across many different topics. Those closest to my trotters will of course be prominent - food may figure from time to time. I hope you enjoy participating.