You've got to retain a sense of humour. Pruning Orchard Fruits This week's big job has been pruning the fruit trees and bushes. Thes...

Red Admirals are appreciating the fruity windfall too So far this year we have had a winter with virtually no frost, we had about a foo...

Saturday 13th October 2018 26 degrees! Holbeach is setting all-time temperature records yet again. S o far as rare birds are concerned, t ...

Saturday 13th January 2018 Sheep stuff I was rudely awoken by Sue with the news that the three ewe lambs had pushed through the electric f...

My one piece of advice to anyone setting up to be self-sufficient would be to plant fruit straight away, orchard trees, soft fruit bushes, n...

No, this post is not a Christmas attack on my relatives. Read on to find out. Well it may have been the shortest day, but we seem to have ...

I find the seasonal cycle reassuring. Like the sun coming up, there is a certain security knowing that winter will come again and spring ...