It is always good to know that someone is reading the column one writes. You always hope that is the case but unless anybody mentions it then one does not really know....
I try not to get too excited about the weather. It is what it is and I would rather worry about things I can do something about. However it will be apparent...
I was coming out of Veryan the other night and had to stop for a hedgehog to cross the road. Having registered my delight on returning home, my husband tells me the...
My October offerings are always reminiscences of the various village shows. This year ought to be no exception because despite the awful summer weather the entries were still high and many managed...
I seem to have spent much of August at war with pests. More rain and some warm, damp evenings have heralded party time for slugs and snails. They seem to appear from...
August is a tricky month to write an article and, to be sure that I don’t bore you to death, I usually check over what has been written this month over the...
A hotch potch of things to talk about this month as however much we plan ahead June and July always seem to be the months when you have to act now and...
If we do not have more rain soon and in proper but gentle quantity for days on end then our gardens are going to suffer badly. No doubt we will get a...
May – those darling buds bursting out everywhere and there is so much to do and so much to write about I am not sure where to start!! This month there is...