Recently there was much celebration in our house. My dear wife (MDW) came in from the ...
Life
Articles all about our country, your favourites like food, wine, family, your home, gardening, retirement living and yes, something about pets also.
Preserving the summer harvest
Saying goodbye to summer is a bit hard! However, the keep some of the bounty of ...
Rootstocks and budding
Up and down the country, rose growers would have spent the summer months busily propagating rose ...
The Edgecumbe floods – reacting to the unexpected
OPINION: The recent floods in Edgecumbe have certainly been an unexpected disaster and portions of the ...
Relaxing Autumn reads
From the Blitz to the Burmese Jungle and Beyond. I tend to avoid reading war memoirs ...
Books for the holidays
There’s nothing quite like a good book to keep children entertained for a while in the ...
Dealing with children’s jealousy
‘Everyone loves you until you become their competition’ – Anonymous I’m sure we all can cast ...
Protecting free speech
OPINION: Spurred on I think by comments from Dame Susan Devoy, Professor Paul Moon of Auckland ...
Video: Is it really you?
Chicken sees his friends new haircut for the first time… He passes inspection.
The impact of Brexit on the future of the European Community
OPINION: Most of the discussion about Brexit has, quite rightly I think, been about the impact ...