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...
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...
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...
As a mathematician and scientist myself I find the conclusions of statisticians and mathematicians more interesting and reliable than the...
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...
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...
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...
Our harvesting continues as winter approaches. There is a profusion of plums, apples and raspberries whilst the carrots were...
The latest consultation paper from the Bank of England (on Central Bank Digital Currency) paves the way for the greatest change in the...
In the garden, the twin activities of harvesting and tidying up continue. After several rounds of harvesting, the peas and French beans...
For more than 200 years the human race has augmented its physical presence on Earth by using large quantities of stored sunlight (fossil...
Composting Our plan to provide 2 new “proper” composting bins to take food waste from the village school is progress well. We have...
It's almost impossible to believe how the rush of summer growth turns bare soil into something more like very productive “jungle”! We are...
I have been re-watching “the Handmaid's Tale” which is a very sobering reminder of just how easily our governments (with corporate help)...
What's to say about a garden in full bloom? Yes, we had a hard spell of very dry cool weather but deep soil and good shelter gave our...
Yes, the garden is growing and the sun is shining. The harvesting of wonderful salad has taken over from the cutting of succulent...
It seems that the mysteries of global warming have brought us the driest and coldest April for 50 years – and the plants have hated it....
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...
