I have great news for pork-lovers and pig-haters alike - the first of my pigs is off to the butchers next month! Pork will be available for purchase from Thursday 25th May, just in time for the bank holiday weekend, so let’s hope the sun’s out for all our obligatory barbecues. Beat the rush and order your pork in advance; we’ll have joints, chops, sausages - the lot! Just ask in shop. May I express publicly my thanks to those who have had to put up with my porcine pals neighb

I hope you can take the chance to watch a seedling push its way up through the crust of earth into the spring sunshine this April. Throughout the ages, so much poetic beauty and philosophical meaning has been teased out of the simple image of a seed germinating in soil. It is miraculous. It is monotonous. It is the basis of life, and it never fails to fill me with wonder. This month the sun’s warmth heralds the beginning of planting season! Provided we don’t have too many har