by Dennis Footman | Feb 11, 2018 | Uncategorized
“On the wind in February Snowflakes float still, Half inclined to turn to rain, Nipping, dripping, chill.” ~Christina Georgina Rossetti, “A Year’s Windfalls,” 1866 February, what a wonderful month it is. Of course, there will be a few of...
by Dennis Footman | Jan 20, 2018 | Garden
The Great Crested Newt (Triturus cristatus) is a hidden gem and is not a garden beauty that you will always see. On a crisp winters morning I was pruning apple trees with my mate Tom, when we decided that we needed to escape the wind that was blowing right across the...
by Dennis Footman | Jan 16, 2018 | Book
Trixie the dog – from ‘The Forgotten Garden’ “She is a funny scruffy little dog who always comes to say hello to Bracken, often knocking her over with a big sloppy kiss with her large rough tongue. When I say little, I actually mean...
by Dennis Footman | Jan 10, 2018 | Picture Posts, Seasons
It has been a horrible wet start to 2018 and being a gardener, this has been frustrating in more ways than one. So while the weather is putting pay to any pay, I thought I’d whack out a short picture post. Now if it had snowed more, I would be moaning less but...
by Dennis Footman | Dec 29, 2017 | Uncategorized
As we all sit down to enjoy the Christmas festivities, many will be fearing the future, the present and also questioning their past. When I say all will be enjoying, there will of course be many that will not be able too because of factors outside out of there control...
