The garden

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

Manure management

  Manure management was a phrase in use when such enlightened perfectly expressive expressions were in use in "modern" management…

5 years ago

Blossom time

Blossom time at Merryhall.  It’s that time of year again.  Last year was a holiday for the trees, and fruiting…

5 years ago

Honesty

This year has been one of the best for us for flowering honesty.

5 years ago