The garden

Daffodil planting time

The first major planting in the garden for some years. Roll on Spring!

8 years ago

Two in two days – cluck, cluck.

Two chucks died in two days, not a good week, and not a good record. One of the old girls,…

8 years ago

That caught us out!

Didn't expect -3 last night. The taps were frozen, the buckets are frozen over, the Donks are eating every last…

8 years ago

Tuppeny bit

IT'S TUP TIME!  Time to put the ram to the ewes.  Here he is,  A quick trip to Llandod ended…

8 years ago

The first frost of winter

BBC weather said not to worry, no frost tonight (last night) this mornings thermometer said differently.  Opposite us, on the…

8 years ago

GMT

The clocks went back last night, and the first winter morning dawned beautifully.

8 years ago

The visit

Carol, Nick and Johnnie came to visit, a little more detail on the Joan page.

8 years ago

Flotsam or Jetsam?

The last surge after heavy rain, about a month ago, left a tree in the middle of the river, a…

8 years ago

Ophelia plus one

Talk about the morning after the night before it is a beautiful start to the day, so quiet, and the…

8 years ago

Ophelia, Ophelia [insert music notes here].

It's 08.45 and the talk on the Today programme is of locusts, armageddon, and impending doom. Whether it's tropical storm,…

8 years ago