Roseland Online, May 2021 In a nervous, not-quite-believing way, we are all feeling that Spring is here, and maybe even early summer, all at once. Since we last met, we’ve had some...

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Roseland Online, April 2021 Apart from some unpleasant winds, it hasn’t been a bad start to the year, and in some respects, our gardens are looking very good. I think the spring...

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Roseland Online, March 2021 After a series of persistently very windy days, the like of which  some of us can’t ever remember experiencing in Cornwall, today is like mid Spring. While we...

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Roseland Online Gardening Column, February 2021 I wanted to start off this column with a short tribute. Many of you will have known Mike Harrison, who farmed at Churchtown Farm in Veryan....

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Roseland Online Gardening Column, Dec 2020 As we head into winter proper, the amount of true gardening we can do lessens, but there are always other jobs to occupy us. Our tools...

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We’ve had a not unreasonable October here in Cornwall. Apart from some days of howling wind and rain, which seem to be the norm whichever month we are in these days, it...

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Although it remains mild at the moment, summer is most definitely in the past for this year. Without the Autumn Shows that usually mark the transition from summer to autumn, we all...

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Roseland Online, September 2020 What an erratic summer we’ve had. Cool start, dry, dry, dry, apocalyptic rain and wind, dry again, but much cooler.  The butts and tanks are now reasonably full...

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Succession. To some of us, it is a television programme (apparently, quite good) about a family dynasty. To others, it will be something to do with the Royal Family. To us, it...

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While many of us have been enjoying the extra time out in the garden of late (my farmer’s tan has reached new levels, and my hair is a carbon copy of Boris’...

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