Glut Instinct
Reading time 14 minutes
“Growing your own produce is great if you want no food, then 400 tomatoes, then nothing, then 120 cucumbers, then nothing, then 3 carrots that […]
wildlife
The Plight of the Bumblebee
Reading time 9 minutes
I like bees, but I love bumblebees more. The sight of their comedically cumbersome bodies ambling across an umbel, or alighting delicately on a […]
A Walk on Walmer’s Wild Side
Reading time 6 minutes
We needed to blow away the cobwebs today, so settled on a drive down to one of our favourite spots, the stretch of coastline […]
Spring Flower Candy: Prunus spinosa
Reading time 3 minutes
I’ll admit I am a little overdue with this one, but 2015 has been one of the latest I can recall for blackthorn blossom (the flowers of Prunus […]
To Fly Another Day
Reading time 3 minutes
I was in the garden early this morning, the very best time to be out there, enjoying the collared doves’ soft cooing between bursts of raucous squealing from […]
Welcoming Back the Birds
Reading time 3 minutes
Over the summer, we removed most of our bird feeders for cleaning and to reduce the amount of spilled seed on the terrace. I […]
Jobs for October and Early November
Reading time 11 minutes
I always think good gardening calls for a certain type of ruthlessness. Never is that quality more needed than at this time of year […]