Dear friends   As the warmer days of May arrive the bats are fully out of hibernation and gather over our fields to forage for food in the darkness of night. It is this time of year that the female bats are consuming food both for themselves and the young, they will soon … Read More

Dear friends, You may recall that back in September 2023 I posted a letter I had sent to the planning officer of the North Yorkshire Council objecting to a planning application that had been submitted to build 28 houses on an ancient wildflower meadow at Bolton Crofts an area that provides essential habitat to … Read More

  Humour is one element that for some odd reason seems to be missing from the permaculture books I’ve read. This could be due to the nature of such books; they tend to be manuals missing the storytelling elements of a good book that you can get lost in for hours at a time. … Read More

As we move from summer into Autumn it’s that time of the year to stop and reflect upon what progress the kitchen garden has made this past growing season before I start and collect the leaf fall from all the sycamore trees surrounding the car park and pack the garden away for another winter.