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IN THE STICKS

We have already spoken about rhubarb in this blog in January. That was when the first sticks appeared. Season well underway now. Most..

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ITALIAN STALLIONS

Piedmont in northern Italy is home to the truffle. Posh mushrooms to you! In reality, a little bit more than just a mushroom really...

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COOKING SMALL

Thursday was a good day. This writer met a builder. They still exist. He was happy his fingers were not frozen sausages for a change. The..

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SLEEPY GREEN LEAVES

Peter Rabbit almost met his end when he ate the lettuces in Mr. McGregor’s vegetable patch. Beatrix Potter’s naughty little bunny became..

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GRASS WORTH FIGHTING FOR

‘There is another law stronger than the common law…the law of the land.’  Work from the pen of John B. Keane. Listowel’s prolific scribe..

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A BIRD IN THE CLOCK

‘Tell it to the locked up treesCuckoo bring your song here!Warrant, Act and Summons, pleaseFor spring to pass along here!So said Rudyard..

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