Sunday 11th February 2018 Looking after my body I woke up aching. These old muscles need recuperation time from activities such as lugging...

Tuesday 30th January Spring is here! Today I heard a song thrush, a mistle thrush, great tits, robins, dunnocks, chaffinches, little owl...

Wednesday 24th January 2018 Turkey escape High winds forecast again so I stayed at home to keep an eye on the place. Good job really, for...

Monday 22nd January 2018 This year's seed order After yesterday's seed audit, I sat down to think about what to grow this year. I ...

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...

GRRRRRRRRRRRRR! They're back. Spider mites are the peskiest of pests. There are two sorts of red spider mite, those which suck the bl...

25th August 2016 Minipop ready for harvest as soon as the tassles show After my trips to Cornwall and Ireland, I needed to catch ...

13th August 2016 Preparing for winter Sue was with the West Norfolk Bee-keepers today, focusing on preparations for winter! Taking the adv...

1st August Happy Cotton Anniversary To Us! Today is mine and Sue's second anniversary. It has been a low key affair getting on with th...