Will The BBC Dig Itself Out Of Gardeners’ World Hole?

Tuesday, January 12th, 2010

Thank goodness the BBC is ditching its misguided attempt to ‘funk up’ its long-standing institution, Gardeners’ World. The Beeb has pulled off the unenviable double-whammy of alienating its core Gardeners’ World audience whilst simultaneously failing to excite a younger demographic. OK, so I can’t claim to be amongst the programme’s most ...

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Archbishop, have you actually tried to grow your own food?

Wednesday, October 14th, 2009

So the Archbishop of Canterbury has been spouting forth on how we should all be cultivating our own crops. Dr Williams' view is that this would negate the need for importing veg and so combat climate change. It’s certainly a noble idea. But I wonder if the Archbishop – speaking ...

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Farewell to our chickens Peppa and Minty

Monday, June 29th, 2009

Well, we’ve finally gone and done it.  12 months after our moment of madness at last year’s Tatton Flower Show when - perhaps affected by the heat - we purchased two chickens and an eglu, we’ve drawn a line under our hen-keeping days. The honeymoon period was encouraging; delighted kids, happy ...

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What a knit

Wednesday, January 14th, 2009

  As if a global recession were not sufficient cause for anxiety, I’m now faced with another pressing challenge – that of knitting a jumper for our two hens, Peppa and Minty.   You see, eight-year-old Louis spotted a photo of ex-battery hens sporting hand-knitted jumpers this week in The Times.  He immediately ...

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Oh lay for Pepper and Minty!

Monday, October 20th, 2008

Jubilant sighs of relief all round this week with the realisation that we have not, after all, invested in dud hens. Yes, Pepper and Minty have finally come up with the goods. We were promised eggs after three weeks of welcoming our

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