Plan To Veg Out, Leaf Law & Winter Weather
Taken from Lynne’s weekly column ‘Green Scene’ for the Western Mail 16th November 2024 Plan To Veg Out I am having to rethink my vegetable patch for next year. I had such a tough time with […]
Articles by Lynne Allbutt
In Prose of Dry Stone Walling, In The Pink & Traveller’s Joy, Gardener’s Nightmare
Taken from Lynne’s weekly column ‘Green Scene’ for the Western Mail 9th November 2024 In Prose of Dry Stone Walling A few weeks ago I wrote about my passion for dry stone walling and my (slow) […]
Casual-trees, Help Our Hogs, Alcoholic Hornets & Stress Buster
Taken from Lynne’s weekly column ‘Green Scene’ for the Western Mail 2nd November 2024 Casual-trees I’m not sure if the clocks went back an hour last weekend, or 3 months as I’ve been working in […]
Berry Beautiful, Mosquito Repellent, Greenhouse Effect & Go Ruck
Taken from Lynne’s weekly column ‘Green Scene’ for the Western Mail 26th October 2024 Berry Beautiful I seem to be appreciating the autumn berries more than I did the spring and summer flowers this […]
Chasing Rainbows, Making Rainbows, Reassuring Rainbows, Rainbow Bridge, Author Known & Luke’s Like Good Weather
Taken from Lynne’s weekly column ‘Green Scene’ for the Western Mail 19th October 2024 Chasing Rainbows One of the wonderful things about short, sharp showers on sunny autumnal days has to be a rainbow and […]
Passion-ate, Pawfect Dogwood, Heart in the Clouds & We Need Seed
Taken from Lynne’s weekly column ‘Green Scene’ for the Western Mail 12th October 2024 Passion-ate Despite having been gardening for over 40 years, the exquisite beauty of some flowers never fails to impress me. Passionflowers […]
Autumnal Cutbacks, Bless Those Pets, Fun-gi Facts & Proper Fun
Taken from Lynne’s weekly column ‘Green Scene’ for the Western Mail 5th October 2024 Autumnal Cutbacks As one lovely reader pointed out, my onomatopoeia-ic description of the ‘crackle of autumn’ has been more of a […]
Green Tomato Jam, Golden Gem, Tools For Self Reliance Looking for Volunteers, Aster the Vista & Glove That Idea
Taken from Lynne’s weekly column ‘Green Scene’ for the Western Mail 28th September 2024 Green Tomato Jam It’s been a challenging year for veg growers this year. A lot of veg has been late to harvest […]
Wonder Walls & Berry Nice
Taken from Lynne’s weekly column ‘Green Scene’ for the Western Mail 21st September 2024 Wonder Walls One of my passions has always been dry stone walling. As kids, when Dad was doing any walling at home, […]
OUCH!, Pariah Plants, Flower Power & Crackle of Autumn
Taken from Lynne’s weekly column ‘Green Scene’ for the Western Mail 14th September 2024 OUCH! Whilst cutting back a very large eleaegnus last week to find a hidden set of steps, I punctured my wrist […]