Black Strawberry or Evil Olive?

12 months ago

Not your every day question about your life choices, but intriguing names of heritage tomatoes. Around the end of May…

Wise sayings number 6

12 months ago

As my old grandpappy never said. “When you want the hedge cut, boy, always choose a windy day. Or listen…

Stylish George

12 months ago

Greyhounds are 40 mph couch potatoes. One walk a day and one run per day are (should be) sufficient for…

From a poor start…

1 year ago

..the fruits of the garden are now emerging in excess. A cold wet start to the season combined with slugs…

Man digging potatoes

1 year ago

Real slow television

The Willow and the Honeysuckle

1 year ago

You may recall a previous post about the weeping willow tree and the very fragrant unusual honeysuckle that overgrew, nay,…

Sweet peas..

1 year ago

Or more accurately, Mange Tout. The first of the season, sweet, succulent, full of taste, with every meal, between bread,…

Female Goosander…

1 year ago

Leading her family of seven young girls downstream.

There they were, now they’re not…

1 year ago

Bunnies that is. When we first came here, there were bunnies everywhere and evidence that the previous owners had tried…

Taking the air…

1 year ago

Him, the rescue hound, loves watching, listening, sniffing and being generally “on watch” when he goes on the river. George…