20th May 2017 Composting hots up I finally have heat in my compost bins! They have been just sitting there doing very little since last su...

4th June Uncovering the strawberry patch Just where do the weeds come from? A bit of warm weather and a spot of rain and suddenly the stra...

2nd May The broad beans are up and doing well, well enough indeed to take the netting off and finally be able to access all the weeds wh...

I will never weed in the same light again. I attended my first meeting of the Cambridgeshire Self Sufficiency Group one evening a couple o...

Today a battle which I thought I was going to have to fight never happened and a weight was lifted from my mind. Yesterday was about anothe...

Thursday 7th June 2012 The moments just before the sun comes up often give the most dramatic skies as the light bounces around the...

Sunday 13th May 2012 A magical, still morning and Mr Whitethroat was singing out loud even before the sun was up. Daisy ran out ...

Saturday 12th May 2012 Three minutes of light rain late afternoon prevented this from being the first completely dry day since the hosepi...