The garden

What a turvy-topsy world…

April was the driest for some years, and not for the first time we had an absence of April showers…

5 years ago

Bluebells.

Native bluebells are out and springing up in the most unlikely places. Just singles, maybe a couple or a small…

5 years ago

Temptation.

Apples are the key to Eden. The gentle hum (buzz is too noisy a word) of bees, the grasshopper chirruping,…

5 years ago

Two into one won’t go.

Near the river gate we put a fence to protect the entrance from the Donks who persisted in eating the…

5 years ago

Frogs porn…

This year the frogs have been busy, as usual, doing what comes naturally which has meant that the pond has…

6 years ago

Spring is

a hatched egg. Two of these in different areas of the garden. It is difficult for our highly sophisticated and…

6 years ago

Crocus…

White crocus have appeared in the wild flower meadow, unusual and so unspoiled. White crocus

6 years ago

Pathway to heaven

It can get very muddy in the chicken area, so we need to formalise the pathways to make it more…

6 years ago

Fishy goings on…

In the water. First thing this morning, Rosie was taking a large interest in the river bank. Walking both at…

6 years ago

Hedge haircut…

We have an old hedge that over the years has been abandoned and not looked after. It has got too…

6 years ago