The garden

A good morning’s work…

You know when it’s a good morning’s work when it takes the rest of the day to shred, cut, batter,…

2 weeks ago

Oh Gourd…

Or Courgette, a round variety which escaped the polytunnel and prospered in the donkey poo patch aka the dung heap.

3 weeks ago

Impatient…

Impatiens glandulifera, Himalayan balsam, is a large annual plant native to the Himalayas. Via human introduction it is now present…

3 months ago

A Gulp of …

A gulp of Cormorants. Apparently that’s the collective noun; or a swim (I like that). A gulp mirrors their head…

3 months ago

Hot weather

Hot weather on the way, and we don’t like it. We generally don’t stop, there’s always jobs to be done,…

4 months ago

Shy Squirrel

I’m sat on the bench by the front door (choice of two, how Port Out, Starboard Home is that? And…

4 months ago

Polytunnel update

Three months into playing in the tunnel, what is it looking like? https://youtu.be/L9Da85uCQUQ?is=4wKPIP_pLAxEz5gp

4 months ago

Wild Flower Meadow

The time is late afternoon, the date is early May, after some heavy rain and even some distant thunder, a…

5 months ago

Whitebells…

Our wild flower meadow and orchard is a riot of colour and activity from the turn of the year. Snowdrops,…

5 months ago