Author Archives: Francis Pryor

Back to Basics

Posted on September 5, 2023 by Francis Pryor

The last few weeks have been a bit frantic. My new book, A Fenland Garden, was published on July 6th and on that evening I did a sell-out signing in Waterstones Bookshop, Kings Lynn. Since then, I’ve spent a week … Continue reading →

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Bye-bye Winter (including two separate mentions of bird poo!!)

Posted on May 28, 2023 by Francis Pryor

As you may have gathered from past blog posts, I’ve been busy writing a book about our garden: A FENLAND GARDEN: Creating a haven for people, plants, and wildlife.  It’s being published by Head of Zeus, the independent London publisher … Continue reading →

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Restorative Autumn

Posted on November 11, 2022 by Francis Pryor

I do apologise that most of my recent blog posts seem to have been apologies about not writing blog posts – and I suppose this is another one, but I also hope it’s a return to something a bit more … Continue reading →

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Welcome Back!

Posted on August 18, 2022 by Francis Pryor

Many things have been proposed as the ‘new normal’, but I would suggest it’s when you repeatedly find yourself having to apologise. Quite often it’s due to things beyond our control, such as a madman in Russia or the insanity … Continue reading →

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Keeping Things Together

Posted on May 11, 2022 by Francis Pryor

I don’t think I’m alone in feeling that the world around us is in danger of disintegration. The trouble is, nobody seems at all clear about what we should do to put things back on track. We saw this quite … Continue reading →

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Sorry About the Silence

Posted on March 22, 2022 by Francis Pryor

I apologise for the long gap between this and my last blog post. Of course just over a fortnight ago (Feb 23-4) Russia invaded Ukraine. I think history will judge it to have been one of the most evil actions … Continue reading →

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A New Localism: Hope for 2022?

Posted on January 24, 2022 by Francis Pryor

It’s early morning. I’m sitting at my desk, about to start writing. Then, thirty seconds ago it was announced that in December inflation rose to 5.4%, the highest it has been since 1992. Blimey. Brief pause while I gather my … Continue reading →

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Flag Fen is Back!

Posted on December 7, 2021 by Francis Pryor

Almost exactly a year ago I wrote a blog post Always Look On the Bright Side… about Flag Fen and how it had just been taken under new management, following the demise of Vivacity, the organisation that ran most of … Continue reading →

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Autumn in a Light Touch Garden

Posted on November 9, 2021 by Francis Pryor

First a quick word of apology: I’m so sorry that I haven’t updated this blog for almost seven weeks, but life has been rather frantic of late. However, I had my booster Covid jab a few days ago and I … Continue reading →

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Our Garden Opens on Sept 25-26th, 2021!

Posted on September 18, 2021 by Francis Pryor

This is just a short piece to announce that we’re opening our garden for the last weekend of September – in a week’s time. Yes, it has been a horrible season for weeds and somehow we’ve managed to get more … Continue reading →

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