There so many food blog subscriptions on my blog feeder that some days I get virtual indigestion. It’s like comfort eating without a bite of food crossing my lips. For a compulsive collector of cookery books (I get that from my mother too!) the world of food... Sunshine was back again yesterday bringing with it a positively balmy 15 degrees. Perfect weather for us to get outside for some land management chores. Today we were expanding the orchard planting another 6 fruit trees which arrived by courier from the lovely... Planning when and what to photograph is not my strongest point. I’m more of a let’s see what comes along whilst I’m out today. It’s this lazy attitude that forces me to scramble for my camera bag at times when I should really be... Being at the height of winter means that the garden looks wet, dank and drab. The Potager looks a little depressing and I admit I’ve been a bit put off by what’s really going on in there since it looks so unappealing. I did have to bite the bullet... New Zealand was rattled last night by the strongest earthquake since the big one that destroyed Napier in the 1930s. It was a 7.8 magnitude shake and lasted several minutes. The quake hit in the south of the South Island but was felt right across the country. I... 