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.
- 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...
wllmsutherland
- 7 oct.
- 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...
wllmsutherland
- 15 sept.
- 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...
wllmsutherland
- 15 sept.
- 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...
wllmsutherland
- 9 août
- 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...
wllmsutherland
- 9 août
- 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...
wllmsutherland
- 6 juil.
- 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...
wllmsutherland
- 6 juil.
- 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...
wllmsutherland
- 8 juin
- 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,...
wllmsutherland
- 8 juin
- 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...
wllmsutherland
- 4 mai
- 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...
wllmsutherland
- 4 mai
- 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...
wllmsutherland
- 31 mars
- 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...
wllmsutherland
- 31 mars
- 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...
wllmsutherland
- 4 mars
- 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...
wllmsutherland
- 4 mars
- 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...
wllmsutherland
- 9 févr.
- 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%...
wllmsutherland
- 9 févr.
- 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...
wllmsutherland
- 9 févr.
- 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...