April was extremely dry and cold. May was extremely wet, but the last week at least saw temperatures rising.  This has made for an insanely ...

While heavy snow hit almost all the rest of the country, here in our little piece of fenland we managed to all but avoid it. But with the gr...

Saturday 28th April 2018 The War Against Slugs I made some new slug traps today from old plastic food pots. I am having a concerted ...

Not only do I have a rather intricately designed veg plot known as The Wheel, but I also have a rather sizeable plot simply known as The S...

How dare we have a holiday! We were only gone for just less than a week during which time a plague of pestilence and disease was wrought up...

Sunday 28th May Growing turnips in the polytunnel The turnips came out of the polytunnel yesterday. I only grow these in the tunnel very e...

6th August 2016 The view over the farm buildings and veg plot from up the ladder I woke up inexplicably early today so decided to take ...

Sunday 5th August 2012 Thunder, lightning and torrential downpours again today?? A couple of months ago I tried feeding slugs to the ch...

Devil's Coach Horse Beetle There's nothing better to capture the imagination of a young boy than a name like Devil's Coach H...