Entertainment

Watch out for black spot on your roses

Jerusalem Sage has bright, pretty flowers with furry, aromatic grey leaves. The Adelaide pageant has been and gone and now it will not be long before the heat and flies are here saying it is December, and Christmas is fast approaching. To keep the...

Staff Writers

15 Dec 2022

Entertainment

SA writers tell their story in Two Wells

Two Wells will host two South Australian authors this month, both with debut novels. Crime thriller writer Mercedes Mercier and fiction writer Denise Picton will speak about their literary journeys at the Two Wells Bowling Club on Tuesday October 24...

Staff Writers

10 Oct 2022

Entertainment

Ratty Reads: TJR and tennis makes for a good read

Carrie Soto is Back by Taylor Jenkins Reid I am always excited for a “TJR”, but when I had heard how much of a focus there was on tennis in this one I was worried it would be another Apples Never Fall (Liane Moriarty) for me (basically there was...

Rachel Applebee

09 Oct 2022

Entertainment

Amateur Gardner: Spring has sprung but watch out for weeds

A pretty spring variety is Rhodanthe chlorocephala or more commonly, everlasting flowers. Spring 2022 has arrived, with the days warming and the sunlight hours lengthening. The weeds have multiplied and responded to the favourable weather conditions...

Staff Writers

06 Oct 2022

Entertainment

Star flowers herald Spring

The Foxtail Agave in full flower. With September here we can say that spring is now starting. The season of spring is usually associated with the showy flowering plants like roses but in many gardens, there are the quiet achievers that help to form...

Staff Writers

05 Sep 2022

Entertainment

Ratty Reads: Murder mystery a long read but worth it

The Last Party by Clare Mackintosh So about halfway through reading this one I started to find it reallllyyyy long, and it is, but knowing Mackintosh I thought it would be worth it. The reason it’s long is because Mackintosh wants you to suspect...

Rachel Applebee

05 Sep 2022

Entertainment

Amateur Gardner: Snowdrops and Snowflakes to herald late in Winter

Erlicheers are pretty this time of year. August is the third and last month of winter, and with it comes the delight of the almond blossom, lengthening of daylight hours, the twitter of the birds, and the flowering of many bulbs. In South Australi...

Staff Writers

07 Aug 2022

Entertainment

Scientific Circus rolls into town

It’s time for the kids to put their science hats on with Two Wells Public Library hosting a fun after-school science workshop as part of National Science week this month. Dr Quark’s Scientific Circus will present an interactive show where the...

Staff Writers

05 Aug 2022

Entertainment

Ratty Reads: All Rhodes Lead Here by Mariana Zapata

I’ve got myself into a bit of a reading rut of late. Romance reads have seemed too sugary and same-same, and I haven’t had the concentration for a historical fiction or no desire to read a dark thriller. What I needed was a contemporary fiction...

Staff Writers

10 Jul 2022

Entertainment

Amateur Gardener: Vivid violets and planting potatoes

One potato, two potatoes, three potatoes, four. Five potatoes, six potatoes, seven potatoes more. This old English counting rhyme could be talking about the crop you may reap from planting just one seed potato. Currently out in garden nurseries now...

Staff Writers

09 Jul 2022

Entertainment

Let’s chat with Beck & Nat

Let’s chat about election day. By the time you are reading this column, Australia will have decided on their government for the next three years. I often groan about state and federal elections. Not many people enjoy being inundated with election...

Rebecca O'Brien

05 Jun 2022

Entertainment

Ratty reads: Book Lovers by Emily Henry

This book was perfection. If you love a contemporary romance, I highly recommend this one. I finished this in just over 24 hours and I didn’t even feel guilty that I’d put another book aside to start it. It was great. I love that it acknowledged...

Staff Writers

03 Jun 2022

Entertainment

Crime fiction author at June event

Nina Campbell If you are an avid crime fiction reader then the Two Wells Public Library’s upcoming author event is one for you. Nina Campbell’s debut novel, Daughters of Eve, was released in late March this year. It is a fast paced police...

Staff Writers

08 May 2022

Entertainment

Ratty Reads: The Dictionary of Lost Words by Pip Williams

Some books are just a work of art, and this is one of them. The amount of research that would have gone into this is just astounding. I can see why there are various awards pictured along the top. The Dictionary of Lost Words tells the story of how...

Staff Writers

07 May 2022

Entertainment

Time to plant some veggies

THE month of May is a good time to plant some vegetables in the garden. Some suggestions are cauliflower, carrots, leeks, broccoli onions and spinach. Spinach is a favourite of hens and hens are great for controlling codling moths in your apples...

Staff Writers

07 May 2022