Journal — A Field Notebook

From the garden, the road & the wardrobe.

A living record of seasonal notes, city dispatches, wardrobe edits, and studio experiments.

August 2026

A Printable Planting Guide

24 August 2026

A one-page A4 planting sheet for the Peas & Quiet kitchen garden — sowing calendar, soil and spot, watering and feeding, and a growth tracker with room for notes. Print one per plant and keep them in a folder.

Studio3 min read

July 2026

RHS Wisley in Summer

Surrey, 28 July 2026

A July day at Wisley — the great Glasshouse from tropical canopy to alpine bench, the rock garden baking in the sun, the walled kitchen garden in full tumble, and the old vinery heavy with grapes.

Garden4 min read

grow a fan palm in a pot

June 2026

Botanical Spice and Pantry Jar Labels

26 June 2026

Printable sheets of botanically illustrated jar labels for the Peas & Quiet kitchen garden — twenty-five spices in round and tall shapes, cream or deep green, plus a matching pantry set. Ready to download and stick.

Studio3 min read

Inside the Seed Studio: Designing My Own Seed Packets

26 June 2026

A look at Peas & Quiet — the little browser studio I built for designing seed stickers, packets, and almanac cards by hand.

Studio2 min read

Potager Garden

Cornwall, 26 June 2026

A morning at the wonderfully overgrown Victorian glasshouses near Falmouth — grapevines on the café roof, kiwi and wisteria gone gloriously feral, and the best kind of garden that doesn't tidy itself up for you.

Garden2 min read

The Pig checklist

Southern England, 26 June 2026

A little map of every Pig scattered across the south — the ones we've slept in and the ones still on the list — drawn out across Cornwall, Devon, Dorset and beyond.

Notes1 min read

the whole litter, mapped

The Pig at Harlyn Bay

Cornwall, 23 June 2026

A Cornish farmhouse above the bay, dark-panelled rooms full of lamplight, and a walled kitchen garden in full June swing — the Pig does it again, this time with the sea at its back

Travel3 min read

the sea at its back

Designing a Hogwarts Greenhouse

16 June 2026

A day-dream that turned into a full set of drawings — a Gothic Herbology glasshouse with dragon finials, cast-iron ribs, and a drainage channel down the middle.

Studio4 min read

May 2026

Daylesford

Cotswolds, 22 May 2026

The farm shop in winter — a glasshouse full of narcissus and hanging lanterns, and crates of produce that make you want to cook everything immediately

Garden2 min read

order narcissus bulbs

The Pig's kitchen garden in Dorset

Dorset, 10 May 2026

Kitchen Garden in the Pig always brings inspiration, great food and smile

Garden1 min read

always a smile

April 2026

Alitex HQ and Factory

Hampshire, 11 April 2026

A visit to Alitex's Hampshire site — showroom glasshouses in a proper garden, a styled lean-to, and the factory where the aluminium frames are made

Garden2 min read

measure the south wall

The Pig in the Wall

Southampton, 11 April 2026

The Pig's Southampton outpost — medieval walls, a deli counter, and the kitchen garden ethos distilled into a city house

Travel2 min read

deli counter, remember

September 2025

The Pig in South Downs in Autumn

South Downs, 22 September 2025

Pumpkins on hay bales, risotto on the Pig plate, and cocktails by the fire — the South Downs kitchen garden at its most autumnal

Travel1 min read

best risotto so far

August 2025

The Pig in New Forest in August

New Forest, 10 August 2025

Sunflowers the colour of dried blood, a sage-green glasshouse, and the kind of kitchen garden that makes August feel like the best time to be anywhere

Travel2 min read

sage-green glasshouse

January 2022

The Pig at Combe

Devon, 16 January 2022

A Devon manor house, a glowing glasshouse, and shelves full of pickled things — the kitchen garden at Combe is the one that got me

Travel2 min read

the one that got me