The Harlequin Glorybower.

When the rest of the college is looking like this….. And this…….. There is one particular shrub that is not alway’s commonly known, that is looking rather spectacular ….. Clerodendrum trichotomum var. fargesii (Harlequin Glorybower). A...

And the Weather Forecast for 2013 is……

Autumn … what a wonderful time of year, the leaves are beginning to turn, the trees are glowing with colour; it’s time to lean on them rakes again and reflect on the hot dry spring and summer we have just had…. Aright, apart from March it has been a...

The Rain Dance

Some of you, will know where I am coming from with this one! 😉 It all started as a comment I made on Twitter and at work, that after three seasons with very little rain … I threatened to do a raindance in one of our main courts at work … whilst wearing a...

To York and Back.

Admittedly, the Only Fools and Horses episode was called ‘To Hull and Back’, but I did have a Rodney with me … well, his name does begin with R. My son is in his final year at sixth form, so he is beginning to look at his options, to see what college...

Bark at the moon.

I must stop using song names as the titles 😉 I did get the idea for the title, after reading an article about tree seeds, that were taken into orbit around the moon and back. These were known as the ‘Moon Trees’, out of 500 seeds, between 420-450 of the...