The garden

Winter preparations

Storm Alex - the second day today. The barn has been painted, the kennel also, and the winter door draught…

5 years ago

Inner strength

Wheelbarrow wheels are notoriously expensive. We’re talking £40 or so for a barrow that costs £70 or so. Dilemma, it’s…

5 years ago

Bang, bang, you’re dead…

Or so it seemed. Peaceful place to be, our neck of the woods. The Donks are grazing, the sheep are…

5 years ago

Shortback and veg plot

It is that time of year again and hedge trimming is now the priority, one of the Autumn jobs that…

5 years ago

Two plus doesn’t add up

Old Father time has taken it's toll on some of the bantams, and there are only two left, looking lonely…

5 years ago

Mast…

Beech mast, that is. Now that I’ve used the word, I have Googled it and realised I’m using the word…

5 years ago

Late Summer colour

The Chinese call it late summer, the period between summer (everything fresh and bright), and autumn (everything jaded and prepping…

5 years ago

Warren refurbishment

The Warren makes a good home for the rabbits but it needs refurbishment, this end wall was in the worst…

5 years ago

It started out…

as a simple job of trimming the clematis and the forsythia and removing an old tree stump.  Easy enough, but…

5 years ago

The coppice…

Aka the wood, woodlet, we don’t know what to call this magical area. Nor do we know how to manage…

5 years ago