Even the words ‘al fresco’ have a spring in their step. They sound jolly, even a little frisky. (I confused them with ‘in flagrante for many years.) Now, with sun hopefully beaming and the garden in full summer colour, is the time for some open-air activity, be it lunch in the garden or simply dozing in a deck chair.
One of the first horticultural mistakes I made was forgetting that a garden needs somewhere in which to sit. So busy was I with making vegetable beds and compost heaps, creating
