Reporter Profile: Linda Fort
Gardening: Relishing my radishes
Friday 24 May 2013The first crop from the vegetable patch has confirmed my view that this is going to be a good growing year.
Megan Henwood headlines Bucklebury Festival of Music
Wednesday 22 May 2013Bucklebury will be the venue for a new live music festival for all the family next month.
Beetroot comes in from the cold
Monday 20 May 2013In the 1950s, beetroot was only seen in salads – diced and covered in salad cream or sliced and served in malt vinegar.
Gardening: Pieris japonica brings a blaze of colour
Friday 17 May 2013The garden is brimming over with salmon pinks and flaming reds this week.
Doggy fun at Burghfield May Fayre
Wednesday 15 May 2013Every dog had its day in Burghfield on Sunday at the 21st annual May Fayre.
Gardening: Akebia quinata buzzing with bees
Friday 10 May 2013I was working close to the fence where the huge Akebia quinata commonly known as the chocolate vine is in flower and buzzing with bees.
Reading in Bloom aims to find town's best gardeners
Tuesday 07 May 2013The call is out to gardeners across the borough to get digging and dibbling for Reading In Bloom 2013.
- Name: Linda Fort
- Job Title: Chief reporter
- Patch Covered: Politics, Burghfield, Mortimer, Calcot, Tilehurst,
- Total stories online: 529
- Phone No. 0118 918 3021
- Email: lindafort@trinitysouth.co.uk
