In the garden, the twin activities of harvesting and tidying up continue. After several rounds of harvesting, the peas and French beans...

For more than 200 years the human race has augmented its physical presence on Earth by using large quantities of stored sunlight (fossil...

Composting Our plan to provide 2 new “proper” composting bins to take food waste from the village school is progress well. We have...

It's almost impossible to believe how the rush of summer growth turns bare soil into something more like very productive “jungle”! We are...

I have been re-watching “the Handmaid's Tale” which is a very sobering reminder of just how easily our governments (with corporate help)...

What's to say about a garden in full bloom? Yes, we had a hard spell of very dry cool weather but deep soil and good shelter gave our...

Yes, the garden is growing and the sun is shining. The harvesting of wonderful salad has taken over from the cutting of succulent...

It seems that the mysteries of global warming have brought us the driest and coldest April for 50 years – and the plants have hated it....

Agatha Christie could not have created and a more convoluted or mysterious plot. Ian Fleming could not have imagined more exotic and...

In life's long and magical journey from the big bang to the present day there have been a series of amazing leaps forward. It began with...

This month my dear old little workhorse rotavator has been busy again, preparing beds for spring planting and knocking the emerging “City...

I'm talking about Suckerberg, Gates, Bezos, Pichal, Musk and most of the set at the World Economic Forum. The ancient Greeks regarded...

Introduction “ We are wrong to devote our attention to saving or managing nature. Gaia will save herself – with or without us – and...

It is March already; dry weather at last and cultivating has begun. It took me just a couple of pleasant hours to weed and rotavate 3 of...

We don't know how many deaths were caused BY covid as this is not recorded on death certificates. The “deaths WITH covid” definition...

Of course, the miseries of enforced lockdown have given most of us a chance to do some deep thinking about the state of the world – and...

The Garden Very quiet in the winter garden. The curly kale is a healthy and very tasty winter green and the sprouting broccoli is waiting...

My sadness and anger at what is going on reaches new heights today. Have we really lost our reason? Is the almost fanatical belief in...

In the garden the soil is resting now as we potter about when the weather is dry. I was able to spread the compost on a lovely bright...

More dreadful corona nonsense! I cannot remember a time when I have been more angry, sad and baffled by the mindless corona hysteria...