Welcome, all Modern Country gardeners.Warning: Your book collection is about to feel very incomplete.Alan Titchmarsh's My Secret Garden(by Ebury Publishing) is quite simply the most inspiring gardening book I've ever read. Hold onto to your boots, you're in for a ride!Alan Titchmarsh's garden is Mod…
Colour canvases of Mexico...

True to it's name Rang Decor presents the colours of Mexico;-)If walls could be art, Mexico is a museum! A visual post follows.(Images by Arch shot in Puebla and San Miguel de Allende and are copyrighted)…
Make your own deliciously bespoke pen pot!
On these bleak January days, it's lovely to have a plethora of crafty ideas to while away long afternoons indoors with or without children. Here's my idea for one such project - your very own gorgeously bespoke pen pot- that is quick, easy and adorably effective. All you need is:A sturdy cardboard p…
Talavera Pottery, Puebla | Mexico.

While planning our trip to Mexico, Puebla was a destination that had to be part of our itinerary as this is where the famous Talavera Mexican Pottery originated.As we walked the streets of Puebla, it was evident that Talavera was used extensively in the exteriors of heritage buildings. The creamy Wh…