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...

The weather is dry, dry, dry and the garden is growing, growing and growing. We've finished the big job of scything the orchards and...

IN THE WORLD THE AMERICAN WAR IN UKRAINE Slowly but surely some words of caution are creeping into the “gung-ho” propaganda of the...

IN THE GARDEN It's still very cold and mice have been munching through the sweet corn and sweet pea seedlings in the greenhouse! On the...

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...

The wet weather has been a bit of a pest as we try to get the garden ready for spring. Finally we've had a couple of dry days – enough to...

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...

My trip to New Zealand took me to Dubai, Australia and Singapore. My experience of the great cities of these places contrasted strongly...

Just back from New Zealand and it's time to press on with the vital winter tasks – pruning the soft fruits and espaliered trees and...

Once again, our students will stay in the picturesque village of Low Newton by the Sea and practical sessions will take place at the...

FIRST THE GOOD NEWS I'm still enjoying the sun in beautiful New Zealand whilst the garden sleeps through an English winter. While the...

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...

The garden has but a few chicory and cabbages left in it, and the soil is having a rest. But meanwhile... FARMING DILEMMAS! Modern...

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...

It's Autumn in the garden. Time for fungi, rain and autumn harvest. The wonders of nature are manifest in this magnificent rainbow and...

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...

The time for autumn harvest is here as we come to the end of the productive garden season. The rains have arrived too which will boost...

Covid – my final word My latest doggerel has just been published for the wider world by The Conservative Woman The Tories' little...

Harvesting continues in the garden. All the black currants and gooseberries have been processed now – as always it's a much longer job...

I meet a lot of “good” people in my work and play. Many times I am asked about the meaning of “self-sufficiency” and why it might be...

At last the rains came and the garden bloomed! Salad, new potatoes and berries are now in full supply; the beans are shooting up their...

THE EARTH IS NOW IN THE GRIP OF TERMINAL GREED Gates, Biden, Zuckerberg, Musk, Soros, Biden, Fauci, Zelensky, Johnson, Macron, Trudeau,...

It's the end of May, the garden is in full flow and there is lots to talk about. Weather has not been great – cold, dry and breezy - but...

WAR I have to write about the Ukraine war So many western follies went before The US and EU played with weasel words Gave cash to...

It has been a long cold spring in the garden and it's now desperate for rain! We've just finished our first SS course of the year (and...

We have passed the spring equin­­ox now and the pace in the garden is slowly picking up. There is still tidying to be done and, while the...

My Conclusions Get yourself a small (2-3 Kw generator). Get yourself a small pedal 5v generator for charging your phone. Get a Swarey...

OBAMA AND BIDEN PLAYED DANGEROUS GAMES IN 2014! Like the huge under-water bulk of an iceberg, the situation in Ukraine is just the very...

Suddenly we seem to have reached March! The artichokes are doing what artichokes do but, more exciting, we have new blossom on the...

**UPDATE 31st Mar 2022** - The April course has been slow to fill up, so we are now offering the remaining spaces at a discount of 20%...

Thanks to the magic of photosynthesis the Earth's green plants have been collecting vast quantities of carbon every sunlit minute of...