The focus for the coming year – with no mention of sea buckthorn.

The New Year is approaching and with it thoughts about the coming year. One of the challenges that I set over the Christmas break is to rummage through the piles of trade magazines that have come throughout the previous year. The number of these journals is staggering and I have to admit that some remain…

Happy Christmas anda healthy New year

Christmas has finally arrived. A time of tradition with carols in our local All Saints Church rounding off a day of last minute preparations. It is both a time for excitment and for reflection. Reflection on a year passing and the year to come. The year passing has as always had highlights that are memorable…

Visions of the future

Winter at Devereux farm comes more from windchill than real cold, but arrive it has. The ground is now sodden and there will be no chance of moving anything except a wheelbarrow across the ground until March. I have had a visit from Simon Parfey who supplies my compost tea,  advice on organic matters and…