Articles by Lynne Allbutt

Taken from Lynne’s weekly column ‘Green Scene’ for the Western Mail 10th October 2026 In the Pink It’s Nerine time.  I write about them every year – although it feels more like just a few months […]

Taken from Lynne’s weekly column ‘Green Scene’ for the Western Mail 3rd October 2026 Compost is Key Despite the grass having made an Herculean return, it’s still ‘disappointing’ to see just what isn’t recovering in […]

Taken from Lynne’s weekly column ‘Green Scene’ for the Western Mail 26th September 2026 Second Wind With October in sight, I feel the year is slipping through my fingers.  Much like most of the countryside […]

Taken from Lynne’s weekly column ‘Green Scene’ for the Western Mail 19th September 2026 Animal Magic As a proud Ambassador for World Animal Day, I am giving you lots of notice for this year’s occasion […]

Taken from Lynne’s weekly column ‘Green Scene’ for the Western Mail 12th September 2026 Moths Win A few weeks ago I wrote about the alarming amount of cob-webbage in my cottage and how it felt […]

Taken from Lynne’s weekly column ‘Green Scene’ for the Western Mail 5th September 2026 Naked Ladies I’m still majorly impressed with anything in the garden that seems to have survived the hot summer with minimum […]

Taken from Lynne’s weekly column ‘Green Scene’ for the Western Mail 29th August 2026 Water Summer It’s Been And all of a sudden, here we are – August Bank Holiday weekend. The last Bank Holiday until […]

Taken from Lynne’s weekly column ‘Green Scene’ for the Western Mail 22nd August 2026 In the Firing Line Despite having a very welcomed ‘cooler’ week and a few drops of rain, I have finally succumbed to […]

Taken from Lynne’s weekly column ‘Green Scene’ for the Western Mail 15th August 2026 Berry Abundant We are in the midst of blackberry season. And I’m quite surprised we have any blackberries at all, let alone […]

Taken from Lynne’s weekly column ‘Green Scene’ for the Western Mail 8th August 2026 Green Green Grass of Home I saw the most wonderful sight this week – a beautiful lush green lawn – and no, […]