The nature of such things
A blog mostly about flowers and fruit and bees and birds and boots and bells, and weeds and walks and wildflowers, vegetables and ……you get the picture. Welcome.
may flowers
The warm weekend over the holiday when we were in Hampshire finally unlocked the spring growth and although it is cool and raining now, the growing season is definitely underway. We have been working in the garden and greenhouse preparing growing spaces as well as growing the plants that will be put in them. And … Continue reading
the silver lining
We’ve been away from the Garden of Eden for a short time, visiting friends in The South. It was our first four night break since last May and was a welcome recharge, especially as visits to The Hillier Arboretum and Exbury Gardens were on the agenda, as well as three garden open under the National … Continue reading
flowery friday
It’s Friday. It has been beautiful. This is what the sunshine has brought on this week. Happy days.
a new favourite garden
Sometimes visiting someone else’s garden is such a delight it stays with you for hours, days, after the event. Yesterday we visited the enchanting Arts and Crafts Garden, begun in 1912, called Bryans Ground, right on the English/Welsh border, in North Herefordshire. The current owners have been there since 1993 and have produced a quirky, … Continue reading
blooming
The arrival of glorious warm spring, trailing showers and golden flowers in her wake has been the most welcome visitor of this last week. And how quickly we and the garden and all its inhabitants have responded. Where a cold desert froze at my feet, there are now bees and flies and butterflies. beetles and … Continue reading
joyous sunday
Which came first, the chicken or the egg? Today, the definitive answer was provided by Maeve, as clearly she came first-about 3 weeks ago-and her egg arrived today. She announced to the world she was going to lay it and then disappeared into the nest box, like a well brought up girl, reappearing some time … Continue reading
the decorative gardener
We took a short break on Wednesday afternoon to get some exercise and to see what progress the plants at the local National Trust garden were making. If you strip away the stately home, nay castle, the chapel, the 1500 acre parkland and farm, the Victorian walled garden, our place is just the same as … Continue reading
