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Peaky Blinders

I've just watched the first in the new series of the brilliant Peaky Blinders. If you're not a fan, it's a sort of historical drama set in the Black Country...

Back From The Brink ("BftB")

I popped up to Windsor Great Park yesterday for the launch of a project called "Back From The Brink", or BftB. What a fascinating time I had. Daisy and me...

Green Back Garden Blue Planet?

Like 10.3 million other people I have been stunned by Blue Planet 2. In terms of ratings it has knocked the socks off Strictly and the ailing X Factor. It...

Tackling Pollinator Declines

All About Bees An interesting day in London last week, at a meeting to discuss the decline in pollinating insects. There were some interesting and highly competent folk there and...

Tell Me About My Wildflower Seed

I spent a fascinating day at Kew yesterday listening to lectures on wildflower seed. It was hosted by NASSTEC, a hopelessly complicated acronym for the even more complicated Native Seed...

Hand Collected Meadow Seed Mixes

Meadow seed mixes come in several forms, but it had never struck me that hand collected mixes might be one of them. There are generally four types of meadow seed...