The Chinese call it late summer, the period between summer (everything fresh and bright), and autumn (everything jaded and prepping for that season).
A very wet two months at the beginning of the year, followed by an early drought, and a dry sunny spring, means that trees are already stressed and are thinking of autumn, but there’s a way to go yet.
Sandie over-wintered the dahlias in the greenhouse, and sowed some sweet peas in the spring. They are now blooming madly, hence the video.
More fishy goings on in our pond. There was I observing the frogspawn and my…
Is river rock-pooling a thing? It is on the Wye, especially when the frogs are…
A polytunnel! “If it takes two or three men, two or three days to erect…
It feels a bit false to say that because we have only known the greenhouse…
Yes, there are dull days in January. Dull, dreary, dreich, cold, freezing, snowy (or “wintry…
We had a software glitch which rendered the site unstable. We are glad to report…