where eagles fear to perch

In late May and early June this year, we lost more than a dozen cucumber plants in the greenhouse because of late frosts.   So I decided t...

Here's an update of the combined portfolio as of the penultimate day of June (we were away on the thirtieth and I knew there'd be n...

Older readers may recognise the title from a 1971 television advertisement for PG Tips tea,  one of a series featuring chimpanzees.  Althou...

Firstly, a little quiz.    Take a look at this photo of these brand new light fittings I've bought, and the sealed boxes they came in, ...

Well, not strictly true, since we've already eaten a few radishes... This year we did something we'd often read about, but never ...

Ever since we bought the piece of land a few years ago to extend our garden, we'd been thinking about building something at the south e...