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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The John Seymour School
for Self-Sufficiency
Rechercher
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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,...
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...
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...
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...
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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