Busy as a bee

Jean Vernon's patio nursery is humming with the principal indications of spring, and Jean has been humming around also - taking conveyance of 20-square meters of new knoll tangling just as an excursion to Cornwall to try out new work carts. It was nothing really! 

It's been a bustling couple of weeks. Not just have I been authorizing, altering and composing for the Richard Jackson's Garden ebsite, composing a component about QVC for Telegraph Gardening, an element about a honey bee and bug aficionado for the RHS diary The Garden and a piece about the Royal Kitchen Garden at Hampton Court for a similar production, yet I've likewise been stirring up a couple of rarities in the kitchen. 

In the kitchen 

With rhubarb conceivably the soonest organic product in the greenery enclosure, it would be discourteous not to benefit as much as possible from each delectable stem. Because of an awesome rose and rhubarb knickerbocker magnificence formula from Leiths cookery master Max Clark, I've been making and eating her flavorful mixture so we could photo it for the site. Rosewater truly draws out the flavor and adds a fragrant measurement to the entire dish. I could never have thought to blend custard with Greek yogurt, however, guess what? It's flavorful. Regardless of whether you don't develop rhubarb, ensure you get a few and attempt this formula, you won't be disillusioned. 

In the patio nursery 

In the patio nursery, there's 20-square meters of new glade mattting prepared to encourage the honey bees. It touched base on a bed on the back of a truck from MeadowMat.com and is now looking rich and brilliant. Stuffed brimming with 34 British local wildflowers and grasses it's going to be just humming this spring. Watch this space for updates. 

I've been watching four fat ruler honey bees devouring the nectar of my antiquated crocus fix and the porch peach that must be moved out of the nursery on radiant days to encourage the honey bees and be pollinated. It's dribbling in really pink blooms that are brimming with sweet nectar. 

In the nursery the primary seedlings are up, forget about it to my inhabitant mouse, which has opposed all endeavors to get him (or her) without really executing it. Be that as it may, in the event that it eats any more seeds I just may turn to extreme strategies. At any rate the coriander is at long last growing. 

Attempted and tried 

I've been trying the most recent in patio nursery shears – the exceptional and selective three bladed shears from Darlac. A best mystery device that has as of late been uncovered. So far it appears to be truly great and has helped trim a couple of supports before the settling time limit. It's as of now been shortlisted for the RHS Chelsea Product of the Year grant 2015. It would appear that it will be a hot challenge this year with 14 commendable finalists. Expectation the judges are capable. I've been in their shoes, only the once, and it's an intense call. 

For Telegraph Gardening I've had an outing to St Michaels Mount in Cornwall to test push carts for the following item test for the paper. It's been a tremendous calculated undertaking and an enormous endeavor for the planting group down there, gratitude to everybody included. Ought to be distributed soon after Easter, when you can discover which pushcart adapted to the testing territory. 

I've likewise set up a record on Twitter and my first supporter was James Wong. Much appreciated Wongy for giving me a little road cred.