The land finally got its first drink of water. Here on The Lizard, it came slowly bit by bit, allowing it to sink into earth and make itself ready to receive the downpours.  We were lucky, there were no run offs and no flooding, unlike other parts of the country, but most of the  month […]

A general sense of calm descends on the land in July.  Nature falls quiet.  The birds are busy feeding their fledglings – no time for the brilliant tunes of previous months.  The insane growth seen in May and June slows down, it’s the time for the ripening of the fruits and berries on the trees […]

The overall feeling for this month was that of warmth, in particular, very warm nights and they were a complete delight. Yes, it tells us that all sorts of systems are being altered from the effects of climate breakdown and we do all need to do our best to help mitigate the disasters which are […]

The MET described this May as ‘a month of two halves’, summing it up perfectly.  The first half was a continuation of April, more wet and windy days, heavy flooding and cold nights, with early morning frosts still present. And then suddenly it was hot, reaching record breaking temperatures in the last week of the […]

April is definitely the cruellest of months.  We were gifted 3 delicious hot and sunny days. Fooled into thinking we’d got through the worst of the wet and the cold, we all sighed with relief and took off a few layers. And then the most cruel of winds came howling around the corner – bitter, […]

Late in the month I sat in the copse at dawn accompanied by a Tawny Owl and a Blackbird. The sun rose, but there was no warmth, the field and hedges were covered with a full white frost. By  nine o’clock, the entire landscape had changed; the sun was warm, the frost had almost disappeared, […]

,The fields have been awash with the yellow flowers of Daffodils. This brings the yearly sightings of the people carriers and vans lining the lanes delivering the pickers in the early hours of each morning. It is back breaking work, carried out in bitter and harsh weather conditions, and the workers are wrapped in layers […]

It is the 31st of the month and the sun is now setting at 5pm and already the long, dark nights are on the wane. We have ended the month on a beautiful sunny and warm, yes, a warm sun on my face kind of a day.  Newly washed clothes drying on the line – […]

Difficult to believe I know, but, December was wet, warm and unsettled. Very wet. I have never known the paths in the field to be so muddy, even on the top of the field it was squelchy and ankle deep in mud. Storm Bram arrived on the 8th bringing some more buckets of rain with […]

The month was mostly warm, humid and wet, with above average temperatures.  Some nights were almost balmy and on Guy Fawkes Night, on the 5th of November it registered fifteen degrees whilst damp and rainy.

I took a trip out around the field in mid October, to check the lie of the land.  It was a lovely sunny evening, a gentle breeze with a slight chill and several varieties  of birds chirrupping away to each other in the waning light of the day.

Sitting out at the top of the field on a damp morning – and there were many – several colours stood out in the mist. The beautiful lilac of the Artichoke flowerheads, we had so many this year we couldn’t eat them all or give them away, but the plus side is thatwe were able […]

What a month of contrasts.  The UK weather brought downpours that caused flooding and power cuts but also burning suns wildfires and above average hours of sunshine. The trees were  bowed down, heavy with fruit, we had daily supplies of warm, red tomatoes, bags of salad and giant leaves on the Basil plants – such […]

By the middle of the month the field looked as if it was September, dry and bleached and crisp underfoot.  We did not experience the full heatwave on The Lizard, compared to the South East and other areas of Britain.  We had rain, (of course), lots of sporadic outbursts of gentle rain, which meant the […]

Whilst much of the UK had the sun beating down on them, here on The Lizard we had our usual mix of Summer weather.  Several hot days, never above 24 degrees around here, often with cloud cover, a kind of humid, close weather.