
Occasionally the house is filled with an unfamiliar (to most people) cooking smell, usually during the day rather than at mealtimes. The smell is quite pleasant, but the ‘dish’ wouldn’t...
I had poached eggs for lunch today. But this isn’t going to be about the virtues of free-range chickens (if only we could – foxes and resident goshawk preclude the ‘free...
At the December 2012 Llanthony Garden Club AGM I told everyone about our exciting new project – building a natural swimming pond. At the 2013 AGM on Monday I thought people...
The perennial challenge at this time of year is to find enough of a dry spell to sort out the flower beds ( I use this term advisedly) so that I...
This is the best crop of onions we have ever grown – now strung up in the kitchen and will keep us in onions until at least April. I learned how...