BeeMania – Collin Rees – August 2021
What a month July has been! I said to Lin at the beginning of the month, “Looks like swarming season is over, I can get back to doing non-beekeeping things now”. So...
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Gardening – August 2021 – Helen Robins
Roseland Online Aug 2021 The changing weather patterns and the recent extended dry spell has got us all thinking about watering: how much, when, how to prevent evaporation, and all the usual...
BeeMania – Colin Rees – July 2021
So, another busy month for swarms. Not surprising, I suppose, when one remembers the swarming season is essentially May through July, though it can start earlier and finish a lot later in...
Book Review – July 2021 – Sallie Eden
Nomadland by Jessica Bruder Published in the UK by Swift Press, 2021 You’ve seen the film, now read the book (first published in the US in 2017). Based on the author’s 2014...
Book Review – July 2021 – Sallie Eden
Stumpy Cat: adventures in No-Napsland by Peter Lewis-Dale, illustrated by Harriet Armstrong Published by Stumpy Cat Books, 2020 A sweet little story written in rhyme, beautifully illustrated, and featuring Stumpy Cat and...
Book Review – June 2021 – Sallie Eden
The Shellseekers by Rosamunde Pilcher Originally published in 1987 If there are regular readers of these reviews you’ll know that I’m keen to include a range of books, not just new releases,...
Book Review – June 2021 – Sallie Eden
Small Pleasures by Clare Chambers Published by Weidenfeld & Nicolson 2020 How best to describe this book? Should I refer to the many household hints, even though they’re not the real...
Gardening – June 2021 – Helen Robins
Roseland Online June 2021 What a difference a few days make in the garden. It has been, and not just from a gardening point of view, a thoroughly odd and unpredictable moth...
BeeMania – June 2021 – Colin Rees
Well, it finally looks as if Spring might be on the way at last! After having two bait hives blown to the ground at home, the bait hive being blown off my...
Wild Roseland Nature Notes – May 2021
Dawn Chorus May, a time to look forward to better days. First, rise with the wren at 4.45am on Sunday, May 2nd for International Dawn Chorus Day; and listen to the cacophony of...