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The RHS

The RHS has copped it from the Twitterati for its "association" with The Ultimate Love Bouquet, Interflora's Valentine's Day offering. Guaranteed to delight your loved oneThe Ultimate Love Bouquet isn't...

Somerset Flooding (Again)

 The flooding in the Somerset Levels is a serious issue which won't go away. I was writing about it this time last year. Even if you don't believe in global...

Blue Monday

Our ground, so hardfaced and unyielding in summer, now saturated, heaving and groaning. Water sits in swales, or oozes from ponds and trickles down ancient holloways under gun metal skies....

2013 - A Good Year

2013 - a good year. Not just for us, but also for wildlife in the UK, which showed how resilient it is. A decent summer and we were rewarded with...

Losing

Glory Days...I just bloody hate losing. I have brought up children who hate losing and I have converted my lovely wife into someone who hates losing. Even if the odds...

Biodiversity Loss in Europe

The EU published the results of a "Flash Eurobarometer" survey last week. This has nothing to do with Antoine de Caunes, but seems to be a way of justifying a...