Lockdown Surely no-one can write a blog at the moment without mentioning lockdown.  Covid-19 has become scary again. If I could I would be h...

Tuesday 9th January 2018 The final order for ducklings from fellow smallholders was 226. I look forward to the day they all come. Garlic a...

20th January 2017 Christmas is over Christmas is well and truly over for another year when the tree gets thrown to the sheep. As we had an...

30th July 2016 My Plums Are Pruned I finally got my plums pruned! It doesn't look like a good year for orchard fruits though. The spri...

20th July 2016 50! How did that happen? I am 50 years old! I used to say I still felt 20 in my mind and about 70 in my body but I think th...

Boris, Arthur and Gerry were all keen to help in the garden Boris was behaving very strangely last night and it took a while for me to ...

The plan was to take advantage of a dry Saturday morning forecast to spend some quality time with Sue, but I awoke to the pitter patter of r...