For about a week or so every October, just before the frosts, wind and rain, my Virginia Creeper literally makes my garden glow, and the late flowering nasturtiums are such a welcome compliment of colour...

15 October, 2016 /

I’ve not been quite on the button with my Weekly Snaps since the Summer for some reason..I’ve been having to play catch up on a few weeks, this being another...

25 September, 2016 /

( part of my photoshoot for Niwaki kitchen knives ) [video width="1920" height="1080" mp4="http://www.5ftinf.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/IMG_6697.mp4"][/video] ...

04 October, 2015 /

The beautiful wakasaya garden scissors were won today by lucky Carolina Ferrer and it was announced on Niwaki’s Instagram feed here this morning. Thank you so much to everyone who entered via the blog, Facebook, Steller and Instagram...

24 September, 2015 /

There’s nothing quite like Autumn, and although I’ve only caught vague whiffs of orchards and faint glimpses of a change of light so far, I know I’ve probably only imagined it as we’re currently in the height of Summer, but basically for me, Autumn...

10 August, 2015 /

I always like to be inspired by what the garden has to offer, even if it doesn’t seem like there's much around, but at the moment I love how the snowdrops are poking through the dead montbretia leaves...

24 February, 2015 /

I'm working away from home this week but I have managed to walk and collect...

03 October, 2014 /