where eagles fear to perch

It's that time of the year, yet again....  I know there's still a few days to go until the end of the year, but I'm highly unlik...

After you've read this short post, you might consider that it's simply an exercise in the bleedin' obvious, but we've been ...

Here's an update of the combined portfolio as of the penultimate day of September (we're on holiday in sunnier climes at the minute...

The garden so far this year, in pictures.... Fruit & Vegetables.... strawberries in June....

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...