In spring, and more noticeably in that part of winter which is really spring, when days are lengthening and buds...
Wild flowers
We walked this stony track to the moors in late summer. Then the banksides were full of upland flowers: St...
I’ve long pondered the word “Hogshaw”, which describes a small area of Buxton bisected by a tributary of the River...
There is a photograph of me, aged four or five, pushing a lawnmower, wearing smart, red, leather shoes. It was...
Afternoon sun dapples rabbit-burrowed earth beside the steep sunken lane leading to the stream that used to power Barret’s corn...
The flowering plants lining the track through the forest are now up to my elbows, and I’m riding a horse....
The topography of the South West Coast Path has more ups and downs than a stockmarket graph, as anyone who...
Marbled white butterflies are resting on the flower heads, stretching out their chequered wings towards the early-morning sun in ritualistic...
Gardeners should avoid mowing over dandelions on their lawn if they want to help bees, according to the new president...
Trewelove – a herb with the curative power of true love for body and soul. Having kept a weather eye...
