Three Bens, two Bills and Little Weed
Wet Weather Books
Books born on rainy days—whether practical gardening guides or imaginative fiction. Explore my offerings, including Uncomplicated Gardening and my debut novel Spaghetti Head.
I’m a professional gardener and part-time writer, originally from Somerset, UK, now happily digging, planting, and occasionally dodging rain showers in southwest France.
My debut novel, Spaghetti Head, is quirky speculative fiction—fun, a little weird, and definitely entertaining—and is featured below.
I’ve also written Uncomplicated Gardening, published under my own imprint, Wet Weather Books. It’s a guide to creating a beautiful, low-maintenance garden without losing your weekends—or your mind—and you can check it out below.
When I’m not pruning, weeding, or strimming, I’m likely playing tennis or golf—or working on my next book.
book no. 1 - Spaghetti Head
Have you ever felt that your thoughts are a crazy tangled mess of confusion? Nell Greene has, and it is time for things to change. She has listened to her negative inner voice for years: allowing it to destroy her relationships and her self-esteem. But now, faced with an opportunity to love and be loved, it is time for Nell to eliminate her destructive internal voice. However, that ‘destructive internal voice’ may have other ideas!
‘I am just so excited to talk about this book! It is a passionate and delicate, yet truly heart tugging way of conveying mental health and its impact - an adventurous and brutally brave debut novel’. Books Beyond the Story
book no. 2 - uncomplicated gardening
Having a lovely garden doesn’t require endless hours of back-breaking work. It just needs the right approach.
In Uncomplicated Gardening - Time-saving Tips and Tales from a Professional Gardener, I share years of on the job experience so you can create an easy-to-care-for garden.
Packed with simple shortcuts, realistic tips, and the magic of mulch, this book shows you how to make your garden look good with minimal effort — no need to spend every weekend weeding and pruning.
Spend less time working in your garden, and more time enjoying it!
About Me
My writing life: I have written a diary since I was twelve, and once hitting my tricky teenage years I also wrote poetry. Aged 19, I loaded up my back-pack and travelled the globe for many years, capturing my experiences in poetry and short stories. One of my poems, Malawian Woman, and one of my short stories, The Balls of me Feet, were published in 2003 and 2005. In 2006, I sat down one day and drew a picture of a jumbled pile of cooked spaghetti that I felt represented my thoughts and emotions at that time – and the seed was sown for the idea of my first novel, Spaghetti Head.
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