Articles by Lynne Allbutt

Taken from Lynne’s weekly column ‘Green Scene’ for the Western Mail 1st November 2025 Spooky Pig Whilst November 1st is well-known as All Saints Day, within Celtic traditions it was always celebrated as ‘the first […]

Taken from Lynne’s weekly column ‘Green Scene’ for the Western Mail 25th October 2025 Time Flies But You Are The Pilot Here’s a reminder that Monday will be arriving an hour earlier than usual next […]

Taken from Lynne’s weekly column ‘Green Scene’ for the Western Mail 18th October 2025 Minor Injury – Major Advice Last week I spent a couple of hours in the Minor Injuries Unit in Abergavenny, with […]

Taken from Lynne’s weekly column ‘Green Scene’ for the Western Mail 11th October 2025 Chicken Licken Whilst dry stone walling last week I was in my element, working alongside a rural bridleway in the dappled […]

Taken from Lynne’s weekly column ‘Green Scene’ for the Western Mail 4th October 2025 Abundant Apples If you have noticed fruit trees laden with plums, damsons, pears, and apples, this autumn then you won’t be […]

Taken from Lynne’s weekly column ‘Green Scene’ for the Western Mail 27th September 2025 Last weekend I passed my DWSA level 2 dry stone walling exam, and will now be registered as a Professional Waller […]

Taken from Lynne’s weekly column ‘Green Scene’ for the Western Mail 20th September 2025 Prepare to go Potty Despite the harsh growing conditions this summer, there still appears to be a glut of some veggies.  […]

Taken from Lynne’s weekly column ‘Green Scene’ for the Western Mail 13th September 2025 ‘Lawn Ranger Most of us will have forgotten what our mowers (both the mechanical and human types) look like this summer.  […]

Taken from Lynne’s weekly column ‘Green Scene’ for the Western Mail 6th September 2025 ‘Ti-Tea Thank you to a few readers for getting in touch last week after reading my recommendation for ‘tea from Brecon’.  […]

Taken from Lynne’s weekly column ‘Green Scene’ for the Western Mail 30th August 2025 ‘Ber’ Months are Here It’ll come as no surprise as we get ready to leave August, that the Met Office is predicting […]