Doings / The garden
That’s a turn-up …
For the cooks. Fifteen female pheasants strolled down the track, cool as you like, no explanation, no please or thank you. Not […]
Category: The garden
Pannage…
Pannage is the name in the New Forest for anti-acorn operations, when pigs are allowed on to the common land to consume […]
0.2 degrees…
This morning, the first cold morning of the winter, coincided with the Autumn Equinox. The weather for this week is forecast to […]
Apples galore
We’ve done very well this year, and time to pick the Cox’s Orange which we inherited. The Donkeys have been taking a […]
Quercus, an oak…
by any other name. Browsing the local Facebook group (useful for local news, gossip and buy and sell) and this little chap […]
Early longest-day morning…
Early longest-day morning. Can I say that? Goosander family spooked by my minuscule appearance: a hundred yards away, barely visible in a […]
The wild flower meadow…
Is coming into its own. Although any time of year is spectacular to us. But the snowdrop has given way to the […]
Planting..
Leeks at @merryhall. Slow TV.
Grass cutting is easy…
Grass cutting is easy. Up and down lines neatly adjacent, stop, empty the collector into the barrow (found on the A470 and […]
About time too…
When we moved here, nine years ago (coming up) we had an unbelievable selling situation with the purchasers taking the waddle. As […]