Sunday Times Best Selling author, Jacky Newcomb describes herself as a Paranormal Experience Expert. She confesses cheerfully, “When I started my first book, over 10 years ago, I still wasn’t absolutely sure about the paranormal […]
Uncontrollable tears have been falling with the autumn leaves this week. Tippy my four legged companion and confidant of 13 years passed away. She had been diagnosed with pulmonary fibrosis in the summer; small but […]
I am not happy; I have been forced into doing housework. Not my favourite pastime and even though it is said that ‘God gives us rain so that gardeners can do the housework’, personally I’d […]
Popular Comedian and presenter Joe Pasquale, credits being crowned King of the Jungle in ‘I’m A Celebrity Get Me Out of Here’ a couple of years ago, as the catalyst for his return to the […]
To provide natural food for the birds, plant honeysuckle, ivy and hawthorn in your garden or hedgerow. The adult birds will enjoy the berries whilst the plants also attract insects that will provide food for […]
I spent a lovely day in Pembrokeshire last week, advising a couple on a planting scheme for their beautiful cliff top garden. Although the benefits are usually stunning views, seaside gardening has challenges of its […]
TV actor Erkan Mustafa, best known for playing Roland Browning in the legendary BBC school drama series Grange Hill, immediately shares fond memories of recording an episode in North Wales with me. “You have the […]
The recent high winds have already brought down a lot of apples and plums in the garden and wasps are proving a real nuisance. They change their feeding habits in the autumn preferring sweet things […]
Legendary cartoonist Bill Tidy admits that he was in his 40’s before he ‘decided to grow things’. He explains; “I never bothered with gardening before that – apart from the lawn. I loved a Millennium […]
Nature loving writer and TV presenter Kate Humble, has fond memories of being brought up in the countryside. “We lived next door to a farm and had a really chaotic garden,” she recalls. “You couldn’t […]
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