Perfect weather for English wine growers
by Barbara Cossins Most people think we Brits drink wine rather than produce it. Well, how wrong they are! Over the…
Thick hedges are home to a huge variety and quantity of wildlife
The long-awaited rain has given us to date three-quarters of an inch – well, it’s a start! Calving season has…
How to feed for a healthy weight
by Lynn Broom, Longmead Veterinary Practice Maintaining a healthy weight optimises an animal’s ability to remain healthy. We have control over…
Roses all the way
by Sally Gregson After the roasting-hot, roller-coaster ride that was this summer, late September days bring a little relief. It…
Ornamental grasses
by Sally Gregson Many gardeners have been growing fashionable, ornamental grasses in their gardens since the turn of this century….
Landseer to Frink pieces in auction
Duke’s Autumn Auction and Art & Design Post-1880 Auction are both online with fully illustrated catalogues. The more ‘traditional’ antiques…
Taxidermy collection for sale
Clarke’s Auctions at Semley saw good prices in its September sales. A 19th century Chinese ebonised hardwood table screen with…
80 lots will be sold for hospital appeal
Acreman St Antiques Auction, Sherborne, is holding its Specialist Jewellery auction and General Antiques auction on Friday 23 September,…
Busker on the beach
Musician Conor Smith, who busks in Shaftesbury and Yeovil, has released his latest song, Please Don’t Go, accompanied by…
New poetry collection
Blandford St Mary author Gerald Killingworth has published his first collection of poems entitled Emptying Houses. Two of Gerald’s poems…
