Articles by Lynne Allbutt

I have to start this week’s column by saying a huge thank you to the members of Abergavenny’s Lip Reading Group for such a warm welcome last week. They were very complimentary about the talk […]

Taken from Lynne’s weekly column ‘Ask Lynne’ for the Western Mail. 16th July 2016 How Does Your Garden Grow? Ask any gardener at this time of year, ‘How does your garden grow?’ and they will probably […]

Taken from Lynne’s weekly column ‘Ask Lynne’ for the Western Mail. 9th July 2016 Bee Aware I bet you didn’t know that tomorrow (Sunday 10th) is National Don’t Step On A Bee Day – set up […]

I bet you didn’t know that Sunday is National Don’t Step On A Bee Day – set up by Thomas and Ruth Roy of Wellcat Herbs in the States, who thought up the special day […]

Taken from Lynne’s weekly column ‘Ask Lynne’ for the Western Mail. 2nd July 2016 Handle with Care Last week I wrote how some garden plants can be potentially dangerous for your pets. One reader emailed to […]

It’s the time of year when I am normally making copious amounts of elderflower cordial but as I am avoiding sugar, it is no longer an option. I have instead turned to flavoured waters. It […]

Following the high standard of Crickhowell Open Gardens, I thought I’d let all you enthusiastic gardeners know that WalesOnline are currently running a ‘Welsh Garden of the Year’ competition. Whatever the size and style of […]

Taken from Lynne’s weekly column ‘Ask Lynne’ for the Western Mail. 11th June 2016 How green is your valley? When I was talking to Alan Titchmarsh recently, he advised on cutting our lawns twice a week […]

‘Summertime and the bees are swarming’ is definitely my own version of the Elle Fitzgerald’s, ‘Summertime and the living is easy’. The recent hot weather will have particularly encouraged swarming and if you are not […]