Pretty ain't it. We've all had enough now I think. Here in the village of Barningham there has been no mail delivered since last Friday. Don't know why as the milkman has delivered each day regardless, perhaps the red mail vans... [more]

What sun? It started snowing on Friday night and really hasn't let up since. This afternoon the snowflakes were intermittently flying and everything was covered by a foot of the stuff. I loved snow as a child, now I... [more]

Tomorrow, according to convention, is the first day of winter. Last friday Molly enjoyed the last of the autumn sunshine against the wall at Eggleston Hall Gardens. Robert and I were working on the post and wire framework for the stepover... [more]

Two lovely little reminiscences from growing up in West Sussex. The first was a poem my friends and I used to recite at speed, most of us (excluding myself) regularly attended farm sales where the auctioneer was always centre of... [more]

These young 25 grafted specimens of Pinus sylvestris "Aurea" are fine examples of "Scots Pine" though in this case a more unusual, smaller, and interesting form. The leaves are completely green all summer and gradually begin to change into their... [more]