Robin Mills went to Poundbury, Dorchester to meet Howard Payton. This is his story. “I’ve had a very varied and sometimes complicated life, which is definitely what I intended; people sometimes tell me I would have been better off sticking Read more »
Carp don’t do much for me. Apart from annoy me. They are fat, stupid, overrated fish, who populate too many of our country’s lakes. They spend most of their lives sucking great gobfuls of mud from the bed of ponds, Read more »
I almost daren’t mention, for fear of a jinx, that we seem to be having a pretty fair summer so far. The recent high temperatures and dry patch has highlighted certain week spots in my gardening habits. I didn’t get Read more »
So far this year we have had a dream growing year. As I write it is all hot and sunny, and early July is perfect for podding broad beans while watching Wimbledon. Many crops are yielding 2-3 weeks early, we Read more »
Some years ago our electrical engineering design office was divided into sections, each under a section leader. My friend John was in Special Products and I in Standard Products and it was generally assumed that we would eventually be promoted Read more »
The question of how to farm and feed the world is likely to keep active brains and debating tongues busy for far longer than most of us will live. We seem to be engaged in an unwinnable battle to know Read more »