Reporter Profile: Linda Fort
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.
Gardening: Wooden hurdles idea for raised beds
Friday 03 May 2013My commitment to the raised vegetable patch – which wavered last year – has been re-established.
Slow broadband holding back Reading businesses
Wednesday 01 May 2013Reading Abbey was the first port of call for culture secretary Maria Miller during a visit to the town earlier this month – and Abbey Windows was next.
- Name: Linda Fort
- Job Title: Chief reporter
- Patch Covered: Politics, Burghfield, Mortimer, Calcot, Tilehurst,
- Total stories online: 524
- Phone No. 0118 918 3021
- Email: lindafort@trinitysouth.co.uk
