MAY There are some strands of good news in the battle for sanity which we are all caught up in whether we like it or not! The Climate...

RAIN IN APRIL! We did have 3 dry days in March so finally got some planting done – onion sets and the first 2 packets of parsnip seeds...

IN THE GARDEN It's wet in the garden and I'm struggling to find a way to barrow out the compost before getting the rotavator going again...

It's mid-summer in New Zealand – constant temperatures in the low 20s, harsh hot sun and, in Wellington, always the wind. Staying in Days...

Down here in New Zealand the wind is blowing, and the trial of Barry Young (the covid data whistle-blower) is pending on 23 February....

I was surprised but encouraged to find my doggerel of last month published to a much wider readership in the daily newsletter of TCW....

It has been wet in the garden! The sun shone today, and I finally got around to attacking the compost heap. First job is to take off the...

IN THE WORLD Tedious as it may be, we still have to talk about covid, the Ukraine and the plans of the WEF. Here is my current state of...

IN THE GARDEN It's wet and muddy and the season is over. When we finally have some dry frosty weather it will be time to tidy up, dig out...

Yesterday I was amused and interested to discover the Alliance for Responsible Citizenship. This new grouping of the “well-meaning great...

We have survived the violence of winter storms, bringing copious quantities of rain! It's almost the end of the gardening year. All the...

A SHORT WORD ON “CLIMATE CHANGE"! Carbon is the most important element for life on Earth. Every human body contains about 15 Kg of...

Autumn is certainly the “season of mellow fruitfulness”! We've harvested the plums, beans (runner and french) and pulled up the onions....

There are just two very important pieces of news/information I want to highlight for you this month. The US/Russia War Here are three...

IN THE GARDEN In September the annual harvest gathers pace with many late nights spent preparing fruit and veg for the freezer. It really...

IN THE WORLD The un-winnable Ukraine war continues while western politicians scratch their heads as they wonder how to get out of this...

IN THE GARDEN The rains continue and the pumpkin is loving it! Strawbs and thornless blackberries are finished but the blackcurrants are...

The insane US war grinds on in the Ukraine where the outcome is extremely uncertain. France is in the throes of massive civil discontent...

Strawberries, new potatoes and fresh salad – by the bucketful. It's the summer so it must be nearly Wimbledon! We've had massive rainfall...

All around our pretty village of Embleton we are living in a “war zone”. It's a war against nature promoted by our government and carried...