It’s officially spring today on April 1st; yippee! My five-years-on-one-page nature journal announces this, and the garden birds believe it…
The glorious sweet scent of heather honey greets me on opening our front door now. I’ve harvested the last honey…
Warm sunny days in early September are good news. The Victoria plums in the back garden are the best and…
Harvesting Oil Seed Rape Crop. Three weeks of gloriously warm and sunny weather ended abruptly last Tuesday. The temperature almost…
A Difficult Decision. I’ve been rescuing animals since my childhood on the farm and I hate it when they don’t…
Better Weather. I’m writing on another gloriously sunny day on the 114th day of the most peculiar year in our…
Why use wide dummy boards? Last year, I visited Enid Brown’s set-up in Fife and was impressed by her use…
Another Strange Week. I took comfort in this poem the moment Tricia O’ Dwyer sent me the first few lines.…
Colony Death. When does a colony die? Is it with the loss of the old queen and the end of…
Winter Treatment. Last week, I treated all my colonies with oxalic acid before the winter solstice on 22nd December. After…