Come What May, Make A Note & Harnessing Adventures
Taken from Lynne’s weekly column ‘Green Scene’ for the Western Mail 22nd May 2021 Come What May So that’s why they call it May – it may rain, it may be sunny, it may hail, it […]
Articles by Lynne Allbutt
Beautiful Bluebells & Common Scents
Taken from Lynne’s weekly column ‘Green Scene’ for the Western Mail 15th May 2021 Beautiful Bluebells It’s bluebell time. I think my year is always divided into ‘flowering times’ rather than months or weeks. In the […]
Be Supportive, Sweet Ideas, Hello Blackbird, Sing A Song & Sing A Song of Sixpence
Taken from Lynne’s weekly column ‘Green Scene’ for the Western Mail 1st May 2021 Be Supportive It may seem a bit early, as most plants are dawdling a bit, but now is the time to […]
Ozzy Osmanthus, Jazzy Camassias, Water Good Way to Help & Vitamin G
Taken from Lynne’s weekly column ‘Green Scene’ for the Western Mail 24th April 2021 Ozzy Osmanthus When taking Yogi for her haircut last weekend, I was reminded of the attributes of the undervalued shrub Osmanthus burkwoodii, […]
Be Dafft Not To, Add to Contacts, Snow Joke & Covid Recovery
Taken from Lynne’s weekly column ‘Green Scene’ for the Western Mail 17th April 2021 Be Dafft Not To Is there a charity project, gardening group or general ‘good cause’ that would like these daffodils? Although people […]
Give it a Chance, Humble Bumblebee, Silence of the Lamb & Happy Place
Taken from Lynne’s weekly column ‘Green Scene’ for the Western Mail 10th April 2021 Give it a Chance A lot of deciduous shrubs seem a little reluctant to come into leaf this season – and who […]
Stay Safe, Toad Safety & Oh My Darling Celandine
Taken from Lynne’s weekly column ‘Green Scene’ for the Western Mail 3rd April 2021 Stay Safe Traditionally, Easter weekend is when gardening starts for most people, mainly as it would normally be the first holiday of […]
Pig Thank You, Sleep Learning Curve & Date of Mirth
Taken from Lynne’s weekly column ‘Green Scene’ for the Western Mail 27th March 2021 Pig Thank You I’m taking the liberty of saying a huge ‘Thank You’ to Rob Smith of Farm First Vets in […]
Peck Off, Cream of the Crop & Shell Out for Easter
Taken from Lynne’s weekly column ‘Green Scene’ for the Western Mail 20th March 2021 Peck Off I have had a rather irate blue tit tapping on my windows at the cottage for a week or […]