Elections looming - a round up of my thoughts
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...
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Apr 32 min read
Headlines heading into Spring
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...
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Feb 53 min read
Headlines and doggerel from NZ and beyond
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....
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Jan 44 min read
The world in doggerel
I was surprised but encouraged to find my doggerel of last month published to a much wider readership in the daily newsletter of TCW....
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Dec 18, 20236 min read
2023 Gardener's Thoughts Recap
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...
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Nov 7, 20239 min read
OUR STORY – PAST, PRESENT AND FUTURE
Yesterday I was amused and interested to discover the Alliance for Responsible Citizenship. This new grouping of the “well-meaning great...
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Oct 2, 20239 min read
On intangibility and power
A SHORT WORD ON “CLIMATE CHANGE"! Carbon is the most important element for life on Earth. Every human body contains about 15 Kg of...
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Sep 10, 20231 min read
In the world - Aug 2023
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...
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Aug 10, 20232 min read
Gardener's thoughts on currency and climate
IN THE WORLD The un-winnable Ukraine war continues while western politicians scratch their heads as they wonder how to get out of this...
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Jul 3, 20234 min read
Cards and Scythes - June 2023
The insane US war grinds on in the Ukraine where the outcome is extremely uncertain. France is in the throes of massive civil discontent...
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Jun 7, 20232 min read
CHEMICAL FARMING ON A GRAND SCALE!
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...
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May 7, 20235 min read
Gardener's thoughts, May 2023
IN THE WORLD THE AMERICAN WAR IN UKRAINE Slowly but surely some words of caution are creeping into the “gung-ho” propaganda of the...
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Apr 3, 20232 min read
A SHOCKING NEW COVID MYSTERY OF “ALL CAUSE” EXCESS MORTALITY!
A new paper which looks at excess deaths from all causes (ACM) in the US shows that the numbers increased rapidly in ALL age groups from...
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Mar 4, 20235 min read
Another trip to ponder the world
MAN DOES NOT LIVE BY BREAD ALONE! Today I write from Germany where the trains run smoothly at 250 Km/hr, the farmers routinely use...
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Feb 7, 20233 min read
IN THE WORLD
My trip to New Zealand took me to Dubai, Australia and Singapore. My experience of the great cities of these places contrasted strongly...
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Jan 8, 20234 min read
Dispatches from New Zealand - Part 2
FIRST THE GOOD NEWS I'm still enjoying the sun in beautiful New Zealand whilst the garden sleeps through an English winter. While the...
wllmsutherland
Dec 7, 20225 min read
MY TRIP “DOWN UNDER”
This month’s news comes to you from “down under” in New Zealand. I am enjoying a second summer visiting my eldest son in Wellington. It's...
wllmsutherland
Nov 15, 20225 min read
Closed for Winter (mostly!)
The garden has but a few chicory and cabbages left in it, and the soil is having a rest. But meanwhile... FARMING DILEMMAS! Modern...
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Oct 7, 20222 min read
Such Tragic Hubris!
This month I had my 77th birthday and decided to spoil myself by writing a new doggerel just to release some of the constant “bees in my...
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Sep 15, 20221 min read
Getting ready for winter
GET READY FOR POWER CUTS As always I tell all my supporters to get ready for power cuts this winter. The simplest answer is a generator...
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