The garden

Pannage…

Pannage is the name in the New Forest for anti-acorn operations, when pigs are allowed on to the common land…

1 month ago

0.2 degrees…

This morning, the first cold morning of the winter, coincided with the Autumn Equinox. The weather for this week is…

1 month ago

Apples galore

We’ve done very well this year, and time to pick the Cox’s Orange which we inherited. The Donkeys have been…

1 month ago

Quercus, an oak…

by any other name. Browsing the local Facebook group (useful for local news, gossip and buy and sell) and this…

4 months ago

Early longest-day morning…

Early longest-day morning. Can I say that? Goosander family spooked by my minuscule appearance: a hundred yards away, barely visible…

5 months ago

The wild flower meadow…

Is coming into its own. Although any time of year is spectacular to us. But the snowdrop has given way…

5 months ago

Planting..

Leeks at @merryhall. Slow TV.

5 months ago

Grass cutting is easy…

Grass cutting is easy. Up and down lines neatly adjacent, stop, empty the collector into the barrow (found on the…

6 months ago

About time too…

When we moved here, nine years ago (coming up) we had an unbelievable selling situation with the purchasers taking the…

6 months ago

Ashes to ashes…

A lovely day to scatter George’s ashes with Rosie’s under her tree. Thanks to the pair of you, you taught…

7 months ago