The garden

Planting..

Leeks at @merryhall. Slow TV.

1 year ago

Grass cutting is easy…

Grass cutting is easy. Up and down lines neatly adjacent, stop, empty the collector into the barrow (found on the…

1 year ago

About time too…

When we moved here, nine years ago (coming up) we had an unbelievable selling situation with the purchasers taking the…

1 year ago

Ashes to ashes…

A lovely day to scatter George’s ashes with Rosie’s under her tree. Thanks to the pair of you, you taught…

1 year ago

It’s all sow lovely…

Spring has sprung, despite the cold Easter(ly) wind today. “I remember when we had snow at Easter in the olden…

1 year ago

(It’s) Blossom (Dearie)

Margrethe Blossom Dearie Profile: American jazz singer and pianist.Born: April 28, 1924 in East Durham, New York, USA.Died: February 7,…

1 year ago

De-Cypressed…

Fifty years ago, or so, someone decided to plant a Cypress tree. Or, a bird ate a seed of the…

2 years ago

Shepherding

Time up in the wild flower meadow. Good to trample the seeds in, and trim the grass to give them…

2 years ago

Black Strawberry or Evil Olive?

Not your every day question about your life choices, but intriguing names of heritage tomatoes. Around the end of May…

2 years ago

Wise sayings number 6

As my old grandpappy never said. “When you want the hedge cut, boy, always choose a windy day. Or listen…

2 years ago