Well, everything’s gone mad! Dry April, wetter than usual May, and more to the point, it was colder than usual. Got away (so far) without frosts, but the cold just delayed everything- until now! The slightly warmer weather has given […]
Strange old year “weatherwise” (dislike that habit of adding “wise” to words – my temperaturewise rises). Almost no rain in April and now times more rain than an average May. Decided to put the peas and french beans out and […]
I haven’t seen or heard a Lark for years, and now I’ve taken a photo of one I still can’t see it. Memories of childhood living five or six miles from the centre of Birmingham, and walking the fields that […]
“Oh! Doctor, I’ve a problem”. “Oh! Goodness gracious me, how outrageous…” as Peter Seller’s song went. The meerest breath, the intake, the start, the slightly tense inhale to answer the asked question, only those who know, truly know, can detect […]
Is taking over and there’s nothing we can do. No anecdote about sombreros, no antidotes or arm filling, no detracting word will force a surrender – they’re here and that’s it, so live with it! That’s what Sandie tells me. […]
April was the driest for some years, and not for the first time we had an absence of April showers – ideal growing weather for seeds. This May, in Wales we have had our full allocation of average rainfall and […]
Native bluebells are out and springing up in the most unlikely places. Just singles, maybe a couple or a small batch of half a dozen. At Hawy, near Llandod there is a whole valley of them, and magnificent they are […]
Apples are the key to Eden. The gentle hum (buzz is too noisy a word) of bees, the grasshopper chirruping, a Blackbird or two, or perhaps a Robin, just checking out its mate. The book open on the lap, the […]
Off to Andrew’s farm to top us up on barley straw. Such a cold and dry Spring has meant that the animals are still on supplementary feeding, and we have to get through to October before new, this years, straw […]
Near the river gate we put a fence to protect the entrance from the Donks who persisted in eating the foliage. Problem. How to get two dogs in without letting the sheep in also. A talented garden designer and contractor […]