I love using song references, but in this case using one of Prince's doesn't really work because courgettes aren't red. Gardening is the new rock 'n' roll, though, at least that's what I'm telling myself as I tend to my vegetable garden and realise I haven't had a proper night out since Kanye West last said something sensible It’s been a while since I wrote about my mad street. I’ve been so busy with actual work and my new part-time career as a micro-farmer (sort of) that I h

When your neighbour is really good at gardening and you're supremely rubbish at it, there's only one thing you can do - make them a cake and hope they'll be grateful enough to come and help you! Neil is our street's gardening expert. I mean, there's nothing Neil doesn't know about gardening - well, there might be something but I haven't seen him scratch his chin at a question yet. When we first moved it was a bit mad as we'd never walked around the area, and saw so many house