Water Features

Water Features

by Kate and Len Lucas There is no doubt that as soon as you introduce anything into the garden with water in it the wildlife will find out without you having to tell them. In the past we have made room for a water feature, currently, we do not have one of any kind but...
Uncle Paul’s Christmas Ham

Uncle Paul’s Christmas Ham

by Paul Langworthy Christmas isn’t Christmas without a Christmas ham! It’s Christmas in a ball of tasty glazed meat. Served warm after cooking with roasted new potatoes and salad, served cold in a thick white bread sandwich with lashings of butter and mayonnaise on...
Hedge or Fence?

Hedge or Fence?

By Kate and Len Lucas For anybody who has a brick wall around their garden, we would like you to know that we are very envious. That’s because they look great, you can grow peaches on them and don’t need much maintenance. For the rest of us, options here...
George Harrison – All Things Must Pass

George Harrison – All Things Must Pass

April 1970 brought the end of The Beatles, an illustrious path left behind and an uncertain future for each member of the band. John Lennon became a deified figure whose assassination in 1980 rocked millions around the planet, Paul McCartney formed Wings and continued...
Commemoration.

Commemoration.

It is the time of year again when at 11 a.m. on 11th November (the eleventh hour of the eleventh day of the eleventh month) that we remember the sacrifice of the thousands of men and women of the United Kingdom of England Scotland Wales and Northern Ireland armed...
October Halloween Films

October Halloween Films

Paranormal Activity – Starring Katie Featherson, Micah Sloat – Netflix – 2007 – 1h 26min – Dir. Oren Peli – 15 Starring Katie Featherson and Micah Sloat in the roles of Katie and Micah in what critics have called the least creative...
Making Sense of Plant Labels (PartTwo)

Making Sense of Plant Labels (PartTwo)

By Kate and Len Lucas The best times for planting garden perennials outdoors are March to April and September to October. So, if you are wandering through a garden centre looking for plants that will go through the winter and look great next year then you may be faced...