A new broom sweeps clean, so they say (Ed. – Who’s they? Need some attribution here), but when to replace? My parents […]
Well, everything’s gone mad! Dry April, wetter than usual May, and more to the point, it was colder than usual. Got away […]
Is taking over and there’s nothing we can do. No anecdote about sombreros, no antidotes or arm filling, no detracting word will […]
April was the driest for some years, and not for the first time we had an absence of April showers – ideal […]
Native bluebells are out and springing up in the most unlikely places. Just singles, maybe a couple or a small batch of […]
Apples are the key to Eden. The gentle hum (buzz is too noisy a word) of bees, the grasshopper chirruping, a Blackbird […]
Near the river gate we put a fence to protect the entrance from the Donks who persisted in eating the foliage. Problem. […]
This year the frogs have been busy, as usual, doing what comes naturally which has meant that the pond has its ration […]
a hatched egg. Two of these in different areas of the garden. It is difficult for our highly sophisticated and intelligent brains […]
White crocus have appeared in the wild flower meadow, unusual and so unspoiled.
