It is grey and overcast today, but perhaps we are through the gales and lashing rain of the past two days. It was very cool first thing an...

I have spoken of the tedium, nay obsession of searching out ground elder and racing to get to bittercress and dandelions before they seed, a...

Walk along the tempting pathways. Dappled sunlight and bright foliage are everywhere. Just now the bluebells are out, they are fewer this ...

Blue poppies are things of dreams. They startle and spell bind each time you see them in flower. The first blooms for this year, were ther...

So it is now routine. I rise around 7am and make my way to the kitchen to prepare coffee. I dress, still layers and wool, the early morning...