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The Tortoise and the Hare 6 Jun 2013 | 10:12 pm
Talk about tortoise and hare. We trashed the soil so badly around our new build when sloshing around in last year’s mud that it’s having to undergo comprehensive restorative work. We’re on heavy, heav...
An Empty Shell 24 May 2013 | 01:48 pm
We’re getting towards the end of our house build, thank goodness. Having moved into the new house – yet to be finished – we had to demolish the old cottage. The dust and mess is indescribable, which e...
Caring for God’s Acre 26 Apr 2013 | 04:31 pm
Thanks to Caring for God’s Acre I had a lovely trip to Wales this week. Caring for God’s Acre is a charity promoting sensitive and helpful ways of looking after burial grounds, which includes establis...
Brimstone Butterflies 21 Apr 2013 | 01:22 am
Brimstone butterflies are one of my favourites. I’m not a very clued up lepidopterist, but Brimstone butterflies I can ID a mile off. They’re yellow – the books say the males are rich yellow and the f...
Bees and Pesticides 18 Apr 2013 | 10:08 pm
The bees and pesticides argument rages on. I won’t bore you with the minutiae of the current debate on neonicotinoids, but let’s just say the quality of it leaves something to be desired. There’s much...
Not Great Weather for Our Garden 22 Mar 2013 | 05:31 pm
Looking at our garden you’d never know it was spring. It’s a smidge ironic that global warming seems to have resulted in tempest and deluge in this corner of the globe over the last few years. We have...
The Wildflower Meadow And The Chicken 14 Mar 2013 | 12:00 am
A chicken and a wildflower meadow don’t seem a natural combination, but in fact they’re a match made in heaven. Let me explain. Last year we were approached through the British Beekeepers’ Association...
Solitary Bees and Wasps 11 Mar 2013 | 12:53 pm
I had an engaging day over the weekend at the Kingcombe Centre in Dorset learning about solitary bees and wasps. I knew a bit about them – particularly solitary bees – but now I know a whole lot more,...
Newsletter No.28: March 2013 2 Mar 2013 | 12:28 am
March Newsletter I’ve been sweating away upgrading our website, which has now gone live. Inevitably it has been a lot of work for what looks like not very much of a result (!), but it should significa...
Don’t Stall on Sow Stalls! 24 Feb 2013 | 11:38 pm
Sow stalls are a shocking scandal. To my mind, as they’re an animal welfare issue they’re much more offensive than any meat mislabelling problem, and yet few people even know what sow stalls are. So l...
