The garden

(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

From a poor start…

..the fruits of the garden are now emerging in excess. A cold wet start to the season combined with slugs…

2 years ago

Man digging potatoes

Real slow television

2 years ago

The Willow and the Honeysuckle

You may recall a previous post about the weeping willow tree and the very fragrant unusual honeysuckle that overgrew, nay,…

2 years ago

Sweet peas..

Or more accurately, Mange Tout. The first of the season, sweet, succulent, full of taste, with every meal, between bread,…

2 years ago

There they were, now they’re not…

Bunnies that is. When we first came here, there were bunnies everywhere and evidence that the previous owners had tried…

2 years ago