30th June

…Magnolia crassifolia (MWJ 13163) Magnolia crassifolia (MWJ 13163) Magnolia crassifolia (MWJ 13163) Tilia kiusiana about to flower. Tilia kiusiana Tilia kiusiana Cornus kousa ‘Milky Way’ nearly over. Cornus kousa ‘Milky

30th March

…to be dying. One two years ago and two on the way out now. One left. All a long way from each other. The last two seemed to have major…

12th June

…throwing. Archery and axe throwing Picnics everywhere and the craft tent with good sales. Picnics A flyover by the Cornwall Air Ambulance on the way back from taking a patient…

12th April

…home in isolation (or absent anyway) what are the rest doing as they wait? The reality is not (down here at least) what we are all being led to believe…

23rd July

…is the way ahead with ‘public money for public good’ under the new 2024 ELMS. Herbal leys will last for 10 years without reseeding unlike ryegrass. This is the way

23rd May

…journalistic technique of barging other bastards out of the way rather than being barged out of the way himself and the shots we now get are really rather good. Even…

19th April

…has tilted too far one way only. Tim has recently passed his chainsaw course and, earlier last week, he felled a huge leylandii above the Auklandii Garden to make way

19th July

…at the top of Herreswater. Gallium album Gallium album Deutzia pulchra just going over. Deutzia pulchra Cornus kousa ‘Milky Way’ by the bonfire with just a few flowers left. This…

9th June

…Deutzia scabra ‘Pride of Rochester’ Cornus kousa var. chinensis ‘Milky Way’ Cornus kousa ‘Milky Way’ A silver gilt medal for a beached whale made from rubbish from the sea. Chelsea…

26th February

…I still wonder why our local surgery could not have done it just as well? Magnolias through the archway just starting in the evening light. Magnolias through the archway The…