
Cleavers Galium aparine
Cleavers Galium aparine with lateral growth and flowers and fruit

Cloudberry Rubus chanaemorus
Cloudberry Rubus chanaemorus with close up of male flower, showing lateral low growth, a berry, and stolon

Coltsfoot Tussilago farfara
Coltsfoot Tussilago farfara five flowering spikes, three in full flower and the distinctive round toothed leaf

Bilberry Vaccinium myrtillus
Bilberry Vaccinium myrtillus in flower and with black berries

Bitter vetch Lathyrus linifolius
Bitter vetch Lathyrus linifolius showing purple flowers and pods both ripe and brown and earlier on, still green. Tendrils and winged stem shown clearly along with paied leaves

Barberry Burberis vulgaris
Barberry Burberis vulgaris with red berries, yellow flowers and spiny twigs

Iris in gravel
Iris in gravel with blue petals

Garden border
Garden border in spring with tulips, crocus, daffodils and daisies abutting a carefully tended lawn and edged with concrete slabs

Exploding cucumber Cylantha explodens Sketchbook study
Sketchbook study of the Exploding cucumber Cylantha explodens with lots of details of the fruit exploding and curling back on itself, and details of the knobbly brown seeds along with a detailed colour study of a few fruit with dark green leaves behind. Lots of details of the curling tendrils and some simple watercolour wash […]

Nettle Urtica dioica sketchbook study
Pencil line drawing of the Nettle Urtica dioica with one leaf and one leaf underside in full colour, and a few details of the flower and purplish stem in colour, and an accompnying pencil line drawing of a different plant

Common carp Cyprinus carpio
Common carp Cyprinus carpio

Diagram of fishing methods
Diagram of fishing methods

Brown trout Salmo trutta
Brown trout Salmo trutta from chalk stream (with red spots)

Brown trout Salmo trutta swimming motion with background
Brown trout Salmo trutta view from above showing swimming motion with background of weeds and pebbles

Common bream Abramis brama
Common bream Abramis brama

Vegetable crop rotation 2
Rotation patterns for growing vegetables

Vehetable garden layout sketches
Examples of how to lay out your vegetable garden and how adaptable one space can be

Growing salad crops in a container
Container growing herbs including marjoram, chives, basil, chervril, salad, lettuce, and nasturtium

Intensively planted raised bed
Raised bed growing chives, nasturtium, lavender, chili, cabbage, lettuce, rosemary, parsley, and violets

Lasagna garden
Lasagna garden cross section showing the layering of paper, organic matter such as compost, topsoil, and crops

Leaf litter
Study of leaf litter showing dead decaying leaves

Pepper seedling in a hand
Pepper seedling in a lump of soil, held in the hand of a gardener

Pinching out growth tips to encourage growth
A hand pinching out the growth tips on a cucumber plant to encourage lateral growth and more cucmber fruit

Planting a vegetable garden in a container
Brownstone house with back yard full of a diverse array of containers all of which are growing different edible food crops from herbs to fruit thorugh salads and vegetables.