Monthly Archives: March 2016

Katie, lambs and human frailty

Posted on March 29, 2016 by Francis Pryor

Abigail, Barney, Clodagh, Desmond…? I had to Google the names our weather forecasters have given the succession of storms that have lashed the British Isles this winter. We’ve just experienced storm Katie, which the Daily Mirror predicted would be an … Continue reading →

Posted in Farming | Tagged lambing, lambs, sheep, sheep farming, storms, weather | Leave a comment

Un-Designed Effects (or, Gosh, That Looks Better Than I’d Intended!)

Posted on March 4, 2016 by Francis Pryor

I don’t want this late winter garden blog post to become a piece of anti-designer invective, because I have to concede that some of the finest gardens ever created were actually drawn in advance of their creation, on sheets of … Continue reading →