I've been growing plants since my early teens, nearly (gulp) 50 years ago. I've always tend to grow under glass, greenhouses, frames or protected troughs. I've lived all my life in the UK and live currently just outside of Oxford. For those in the US I think that is hardiness zone 7 or 8. I'll probably put some more info about my history under miscellaneous. After running the site for 20+ years there are two things that people ask about, firstly "do you sell plants? the answer is "no", and "why do all the images have a watermark on them?". The answer to that is that over the years multiple seed companies and nurserymen have used my pictures on their sites for promotion without permission. I tend to pursue anyone to do that on the basis if they need to steal an image then they probably don't actually have the plant and intend to dupe buyers into thinking they are going to get the genuine plant. But enough of that, please enjoy the pages as they appear. Mark, January 2020.