Alys Fowler is a gardener, writer and presenter. She lives in mid Wales and gardens on a steep slope by the sea. She is the former gardening columnist for The Guardian Weekend, and her published books include The Thrifty Gardener, The Edible Garden and Eat What You Grow. She is writing a new column series, Beyond the bird feeder, for Wicked Leeks. When she's not gardening, she’s mostly in a bog as she is writing a new book about peatlands.