Green Scene

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 […]

I read a rather shocking report last week, which stated that our humble hedgehogs are heading for extinction. Apparently we appear to have lost around 30% of the population since 2002 and it seems likely […]

At a recent Gardener’s Question Time that I took part in with Terry Walton, several people asked why their seeds and seedlings were struggling to develop. They apparently had sufficient warmth, light and moisture so […]

There can be few things that are as rewarding as watching the steady recuperation of rescued ex-battery hens. I have rescued dozens over the years and once you get past the anguish of collecting the […]

It wasn’t so long ago that I thought it was only technology that I struggled to keep up with but things are changing very quickly in the plant world these days too. I adore reading […]

Last week I had a rather exciting opportunity, which I am thrilled about but can’t share just yet. I hope to be able to very soon! I would like to say ‘Thank You’ to Abergavenny […]

I spent last weekend reinforcing and doubling the height of the fence around my chicken pen. It was a job that had been on the ‘to do’ list for a while and foxes are notoriously […]

When I was a kid, I remember Nan (Moosh) blaming long bouts of rain on God, who ‘had left his tap on’. So, will someone give Chris Bird a ring and ask him to go […]