She travelled to the small Gloucestershire village of Brockweir in the Wye valley, where her mother's family lived, before returning to London.
This was a highly successful periodical aimed at girls and young women, published by the Religious Tract Society (RTS).
Long serials became less common, and their place was taken by a larger number of shorter stories, often from distant parts of the world.
The book, The Flower-Patch Among the Hills, was based on articles which she had originally written for the Girl's Own Paper, and was highly successful; a reprint was needed after two weeks.
[5] In later years the stories grew to involve her household and the local people, combining nature description, anecdote, autobiography, religion, and humour.
[3] A keen environmentalist, she wrote of the virtues of gardening without artificial chemicals and the value of natural fertilisers long before they became fashionable, and decried the taking of wild flower bulbs.
[3] She also published novels, advice books, children's stories and non-fiction on many topics including gardening, cooking, and needlework techniques, some of which have been republished in recent years.