Articles by Lynne Allbutt

Taken from Lynne’s weekly column ‘Green Scene’ for the Western Mail 23rd September 2023 Bloomin’ Lovely Autumn Flowers I always think that any colour in the garden at this time of year is hugely valuable as […]

Taken from Lynne’s weekly column ‘Green Scene’ for the Western Mail 16th September 2023 Happy as Larry Every now and then I have a resounding success in the garden (and life) – this year it has […]

Taken from Lynne’s weekly column ‘Green Scene’ for the Western Mail 9th September 2023 Good In-vest-ments Yogi, my Westie and Wing-dog, has had a ’cooling vest’ for a while now. From Ruffwear,  it’s described as, ‘Wetting […]

Taken from Lynne’s weekly column ‘Green Scene’ for the Western Mail 2nd September 2023   So here we are in September already – and what’s the betting the weather will improve once the ‘kids go back […]

Taken from Lynne’s weekly column ‘Green Scene’ for the Western Mail 26th August 2023 Berry Nice I love this time of year.  The urgency has gone out of gardening, and everything in the garden seems […]

Taken from Lynne’s weekly column ‘Green Scene’ for the Western Mail 19th August 2023 Buddleia Buddies On the (one) sunny day we had last week, I counted a staggering 35 butterflies on the white buddleia […]

Taken from Lynne’s weekly column ‘Green Scene’ for the Western Mail 12th August 2023 Summer of Discontent One of my favourite books was written by two local authors, Robert Penn and Antony Woodward.  ‘The Wrong […]

Taken from Lynne’s weekly column ‘Green Scene’ for the Western Mail 5th August 2023 Keep Sowing August already – how did that happen? Although, whilst gardening, it feels like we have gone back to April, […]

Taken from Lynne’s weekly column ‘Green Scene’ for the Western Mail 29th July 2023 Hope and Cope The ‘Hope Index’, a survey by Gallup which polls what people feel about the year ahead, has revealed “pessimists […]

Taken from Lynne’s weekly column ‘Green Scene’ for the Western Mail 22nd July 2023 Dog Days of Summer I tried so hard not to mention the weather but when you spend most of your life outdoors […]