Month: March 2026

#The garden

Early Sunday

Nothing beats an early morning stroll around the garden.

#Doings #The garden #The Seasons

Daffodils awake

In the wild flower meadow nature has collapsed the daffodils overnight. Slowly, imperceptibly, the daffs are waking as the sun warms them.

#The garden

Sunday

A Sunday look at the (new) polytunnel.

#Doings #The garden #The Seasons

Good morning…

… one of the most enjoyable parts of the day is the early morning wander around the garden, just listening to the birds, looking at emerging buds, second guessing which bits will appear next.

#Doings #Shopping

Is it still here?

Arguably, the spelling could be correct as it was here last week, and it’s still here. Double checking is always good. Feel sorry for the person who signed it off though. Made my share of too busy to check errors.

#Doings #The garden #The Wye

Fishy goings on…

More fishy goings on in our pond. There was I observing the frogspawn and my eye was caught by something obviously animal, in a sea of vegetable and mineral. On investigation it appears to be a decomposing chicken leg/thigh complete […]

#Doings #The Seasons #The Wye #Weather

River rockpooling…

Is river rock-pooling a thing? It is on the Wye, especially when the frogs are cosying up and spawning yet more frogs. Unfortunately, not all their mating comes to fruition, nor indeed comes to laying. I know I post these […]

#Doings #The garden #The Seasons

Hello, new friend…

A polytunnel! “If it takes two or three men, two or three days to erect one, how long does it take one man to do the same”. Two weeks plus a bit is the answer. Not shtricklee true but those […]