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Incentivising insects

June 28, 2022

We must protect our insects, for the future of us all

The month of roses

May 27, 2022

Learning to work with what your garden naturally wants is better than imposing your will on it

Pivot to summer

April 29, 2022

The grass is always greener in May, when the countryside is born anew and the sweet scent of hawthorn blossom fills the air

Life at home with the wren

February 28, 2022

Rather than being the cause of unwholesome indolence, the wren shows us that multiple wives are at the root of an admirable work ethic

Let there be light!

January 27, 2022

Drear January is finally behind us and, though it might be chilly, the days are getting longer and all nature is shivering with anticipation for lustful March

On social graces

December 26, 2021

Blackbirds might not be social creatures but we are. Life would be vastly improved if, instead of scattering, families kept closer to one another

Loveliest of trees, the chestnut now

November 29, 2021

Bare, with branches held aloft as though in prayer, the tree in my garden is a reminder that it is when we are vulnerable that we are receptive to God’s gifts

Fireworks and light

October 21, 2021

Thanks to evergreens and pyrotechnics, we have all sorts of ways to ignore the bleakness of winter and look forward to dazzling displays that will soon return