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...

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

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

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...

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...

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...

Each time I open up the mature compost heap (12 months of green material) the excitement is like receiving a rather special Christmas...

source: dnstyles.com In the history of western civilisation there has never been such a mysterious and misguided set of policies as we...

We still have parsnips, broccoli and curly kale in the garden. There are still plenty of delicious apples on the espaliered fruit trees...

Yes, it's the time of harvest and autumn clear-ups! Plenty of autotelic activity! There is still a lot to do – hundreds of tasty apples...

There are just two things I want to say about “covid” this month. The entire topic has been flogged to death by pundits and media. The...

The dictionary says that things that are “autotelic” have “a purpose in and not apart from themselves”. It's a new word I stumbled across...

Good news at last – the number of UK deaths involving COVID has now fallen to almost insignificant levels. Week 33 recorded just 139...

The time for planting and weeding is over – August is the time for harvest! All the fruit trees are heavily laden – so much so that one...