Lifestyle

Food, drink and more will be on offer all weekend in Alnwick Market Place as the annual Taste of the North event takes place.

The definition of a weed is debatable.

Occasionally in life, you come across one of those magic moments that you wish you could bottle and release on demand when times get tough. This evening was one of them.

Over recent years, afternoon tea has become more and more popular, with venues all over offering up traditional and more unique menus.

The vegetables are looking healthy, mixed ornamental borders are alive with colour, and soft fruit beds are almost ready to deliver. The only problem, and it’s a constant one, is weeds.

In the midst of crucial Brexit votes and Prime Minister’s Questions, a small corner of Parliament was devoted to Northumberland today.

We all appreciate plant bargains, but miss out on opportunities to raise our own, free of charge, from saved seed, division or cuttings.

What a glorious time of year this is in the gardening calendar.

Who can resist peaches and cream served for dessert?

Amongst a diversity of flowering plants currently flagging up their glorious presence, clematis montana is making the great impression for me.

A new-look bottle for the award-winning Hepple Gin has been unveiled by its producers Moorland Spirit Company.

I’ve said before that I am a big fan of wildlife photography.

Time is up under cover for all the summer bedding plants, those raised from seed in-house and others bought-in as plug plants.

It’s full steam ahead in the garden over this Bank Holiday weekend.

Marks & Spencer wants to open in Alnwick, as part of a proposed out-of-town development which could create more than 90 jobs.

The topic presented to the society this month was Mary Eleanor Bowes – The greatest heiress of the North.