This is a story of yet another young lady who has found fulfilment from working the land. Young people – men and women – make up a a major part of the network of alternative growing and farming around the country, and this, I suggest, has to be something which shines a new light of hope into the future. ………………click on the post title or image to find out more.

If you thought that the philanthropic company was a thing of the past, something which died with likes of Joseph Rowntree and William Lever, think again. In Shipton Mill it is alive and well. ………………click on the post title or image to find out more.

Have you heard the story of the Palestinian married to a Jew and who together are selling Christmas Trees? Read on…… ………………click on the post title or image to find out more.

My visit to Day’s Cottage in Gloucestershire, just outside Stroud, was a visit to a magical place of ancient and traditional trees, each with their own story to tell. ………………click on the post title or image to find out more.