Herry's Journal

I was delighted to receive a catalogue from  Cotswold Garden Flowers (Bob Brown) 2020 today. It's a real treat to read, for as well...

The Orchard at Old Swan House When I planted up the garden in 2014 my first order was of six fruit trees from Blackmoor Nurseries, S...

It's been the finest spring weather that I can remember with almost continuous sunshine since late March. The grasses came down then...

‘Death of Actaeon’ (about 1559-75), the National Gallery, London The National Gallery have organised an astonishing exhibition - Titi...

1918 - waiting to receive patients in the US We have become so accustomed to being protected from serious illnesses by advances in...

Social Distancing “And the people stayed home. And read books, and listened, and rested, and exercised, and made art, and played games,...