Introduction – As individuals we are all in the grip of rigid and apparently unchangeable global institutional systems which must lead the world to disaster....

Yet again the pundits, the media and even scientists who should know better, continue to headline and promote a completely incorrect argument about global wa...

It is increasingly obvious that a huge majority of the Earth's human population now realize that the way we are living is destroying the wonderful planetary ...

There is no better therapy for bodily pain and discomfort than creative working in wood. During winter months I try to spend 2 or 3 hours each day in the w...

Back to Earth After the wettest autumn I can ever remember the weather has finally let up and routine work in the garden goes on. For many months the soil ha...

A book reuniting some of the doggerel I wrote. Just what is it about verse that allows so much meaning with so few words?The time has come to make a start an...

Money – a true “Wolf in Sheep's Clothing”! It was an early spring morning when I was driving down the motorway. Wisps of light mist were floating over t...

Now is your chance, dear subscriber, to help launch what I hope will become a popular form of “direct action” for all who believe in self-sufficiency. We...

For those who may be interested, my autobiography is now available from Amazon.co.uk. It's the personal story of my quest for answers. This is a brief...

All in the garden is WET, WET, WET!! I can never remember such a wet “back-end”. There are still parsnips and beetroot in the ground, the broccoli is...

If you listen to the clamor of the news media and the climate change activists you may think that the most effective ways to reduce carbon emission would be ...

Putting all the unpleasant nonsense of Brexit, Johnson and Trump to one side we have seen Greta Thunberg inspire over 20 million followers in 185 countries i...

My thanks to those subscribers who have responded to my request of last month. It would be good if we could get together much more information (independe...

In the Garden (and in the Kitchen) September is a month of harvesting and “mellow fruitfulness”! Every two days I have been picking plums, runner beans...

So why are we talking about this in August 2019? After all the runner beans are now climbing and flowering in all their glory, the apple crop is blooming on ...

The more one thinks about it, the entire future of the planet depends on effective composting. For millions of years plant nutrients have been recycled by na...

Each year brings its surprises – its sad failures and its magnificent successes. 2019 has been no different. Spring was a strange one – mostly dry and cold b...

The seeds have spouted, sucking in the air Transforming its carbon without a care Powered by sunlight and the soil below Together it's magic that makes them ...

It's exciting when a new course begins on a Friday to imagine the interesting people (the students) I'm going to be working with in the coming week. On the s...