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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The John Seymour School
for Self-Sufficiency
wllmsutherland
- il y a 2 jours
- 1 Min
Autumnal air in the garden
Autumn is certainly the “season of mellow fruitfulness”! We've harvested the plums, beans (runner and french) and pulled up the onions....
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wllmsutherland
- 10 sept.
- 1 Min
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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wllmsutherland
- 10 sept.
- 5 Min
Harvests and a Starring role
IN THE GARDEN In September the annual harvest gathers pace with many late nights spent preparing fruit and veg for the freezer. It really...
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wllmsutherland
- 10 août
- 2 Min
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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wllmsutherland
- 10 août
- 3 Min
Summer and Scythes!
IN THE GARDEN The rains continue and the pumpkin is loving it! Strawbs and thornless blackberries are finished but the blackcurrants are...
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wllmsutherland
- 3 juil.
- 4 Min
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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wllmsutherland
- 3 juil.
- 2 Min
June in the garden
Strawberries, new potatoes and fresh salad – by the bucketful. It's the summer so it must be nearly Wimbledon! We've had massive rainfall...
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wllmsutherland
- 7 juin
- 2 Min
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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wllmsutherland
- 7 juin
- 1 Min
A dry start to the busy growing season
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...
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wllmsutherland
- 7 mai
- 5 Min
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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wllmsutherland
- 7 mai
- 1 Min
In the garden - May 2023
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...
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wllmsutherland
- 3 avr.
- 2 Min
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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wllmsutherland
- 3 avr.
- 1 Min
Early spring in the garden
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...
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wllmsutherland
- 4 mars
- 5 Min
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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wllmsutherland
- 7 févr.
- 3 Min
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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wllmsutherland
- 7 févr.
- 3 Min
Catching up with Winter tasks
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...
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wllmsutherland
- 7 févr.
- 2 Min
Course Dates 2023
Once again, our students will stay in the picturesque village of Low Newton by the Sea and practical sessions will take place at the...
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wllmsutherland
- 8 janv.
- 4 Min
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...
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wllmsutherland
- 7 déc. 2022
- 5 Min
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...
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wllmsutherland
- 15 nov. 2022
- 5 Min
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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wllmsutherland
- 7 oct. 2022
- 2 Min
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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wllmsutherland
- 7 oct. 2022
- 3 Min
Winding down in the garden
It's Autumn in the garden. Time for fungi, rain and autumn harvest. The wonders of nature are manifest in this magnificent rainbow and...
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wllmsutherland
- 15 sept. 2022
- 1 Min
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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wllmsutherland
- 15 sept. 2022
- 2 Min
August turns to September
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...
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wllmsutherland
- 9 août 2022
- 5 Min
Latest thoughts... and RHINO!
Covid – my final word My latest doggerel has just been published for the wider world by The Conservative Woman The Tories' little...
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wllmsutherland
- 9 août 2022
- 2 Min
July in the garden
Harvesting continues in the garden. All the black currants and gooseberries have been processed now – as always it's a much longer job...
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wllmsutherland
- 6 juil. 2022
- 3 Min
THE SADNESS OF OUR 'MAKE BELIEVE' WORLD
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...
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wllmsutherland
- 6 juil. 2022
- 1 Min
Summer is here!
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...
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wllmsutherland
- 8 juin 2022
- 2 Min
Greed, War and greater Crimes
THE EARTH IS NOW IN THE GRIP OF TERMINAL GREED Gates, Biden, Zuckerberg, Musk, Soros, Biden, Fauci, Zelensky, Johnson, Macron, Trudeau,...
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wllmsutherland
- 8 juin 2022
- 5 Min
Plants have sprung and summer nearly here.
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...
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wllmsutherland
- 4 mai 2022
- 2 Min
The war in Ukraine
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...
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wllmsutherland
- 4 mai 2022
- 3 Min
April showers? Alas not!
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...
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wllmsutherland
- 31 mars 2022
- 3 Min
March Days
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...
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wllmsutherland
- 31 mars 2022
- 4 Min
There is a rough road ahead...
My Conclusions Get yourself a small (2-3 Kw generator). Get yourself a small pedal 5v generator for charging your phone. Get a Swarey...
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wllmsutherland
- 4 mars 2022
- 4 Min
The Ukraine
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...
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wllmsutherland
- 4 mars 2022
- 1 Min
Early sowings
Suddenly we seem to have reached March! The artichokes are doing what artichokes do but, more exciting, we have new blossom on the...
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wllmsutherland
- 9 févr. 2022
- 2 Min
OUR RESIDENTIAL COURSES IN 2022
**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%...
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wllmsutherland
- 9 févr. 2022
- 4 Min
Earth's Long Carbon Story
Thanks to the magic of photosynthesis the Earth's green plants have been collecting vast quantities of carbon every sunlit minute of...
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wllmsutherland
- 9 févr. 2022
- 1 Min
The Great Christmas Carbon Fest
It's a big warm job for cold Christmas weather – emptying and spreading the year's supply of lovely compost. The first step is to peel...
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wllmsutherland
- 10 janv. 2022
- 5 Min
LIFE IS A ‘GAME’ AND NOT A ‘TEST’ - Covid's exciting end-game in 2022!
So, the cosmos does have a sense of humour! Last week I spent a fairly grim half-day writing what I thought would be a suitably profound...
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wllmsutherland
- 10 janv. 2022
- 1 Min
Year-end Garden - December 2021
Yes, it's winter in the garden and the rain is still lashing down outside my window. Dry cold weather will come – I know – and then it...
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wllmsutherland
- 15 déc. 2021
- 1 Min
In the garden - winter
Huge waves are crashing onto the rocks as the freezing sleet whips past in the winter gale. Yes, it is indeed “winter”. The garden is...
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wllmsutherland
- 12 déc. 2021
- 2 Min
When will the collective covid madness end?
As a mathematician and scientist myself I find the conclusions of statisticians and mathematicians more interesting and reliable than the...
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wllmsutherland
- 7 nov. 2021
- 5 Min
Information for COP26
Three cheers for Boris project fear It's clear the end is nowhere near Gripped by panic, the facts opaque Big pharma rules in this big...
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wllmsutherland
- 7 nov. 2021
- 2 Min
Winter is almost here! November
The winter is coming and things are quiet in the garden but there is still lots of good food to be harvested. It's November and the...
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wllmsutherland
- 15 oct. 2021
- 6 Min
COP26 - The Epitome of Global Madness
Let's face it - we are fossil fuel junkies! By the time you read this the madness of COP26 will be almost upon us. We will hear more...
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wllmsutherland
- 15 oct. 2021
- 1 Min
Winter approaches - September
Our harvesting continues as winter approaches. There is a profusion of plums, apples and raspberries whilst the carrots were...
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wllmsutherland
- 6 sept. 2021
- 6 Min
THE MYSTERIES OF UNINTENDED CONSEQUENCES!
The latest consultation paper from the Bank of England (on Central Bank Digital Currency) paves the way for the greatest change in the...
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wllmsutherland
- 6 sept. 2021
- 2 Min
Summer's end - late August
In the garden, the twin activities of harvesting and tidying up continue. After several rounds of harvesting, the peas and French beans...
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