Spring is a time of re-awakening, of the beginnings of new things, of hope, of fresh promises. The sleep of winter comes to an end. This is the time when the Bonsai grower re-awakens. The sap begins to stir in his little trees. And in his mind he begins to Read more
21st March 1977 As I walk around my garden I am not always thinking as a gardener. My mind does not always analyse the gardening situation, the need for pruning, the arrival of the time for applying a good mulch, the first signs of the black fly invasion. And Read more
5 October 1979. WATER, WATER, EVERYWHERE. I live in an area that was once part of the Forest of Arden. The road next to ours is called (and not without reason) Broad Oaks Road, and one of the landmarks I look for on my way home on a dark Read more