Tuesday, June 22nd, 2010
To follow on from yesterdays paddock update we wanted to show you some of the things that we have been growing in it. There’s nothing quite like that feeling of satisfaction when you grow your own fruit and veg and the crop you produce is actually pretty decent. This year we are growing quite a [...]
Monday, June 21st, 2010
So, it would seem that when I was away having babies the Paddock here at the house was busy growing and becoming irresistible to hang out in. This is what the space looked like last July. We’ve been working on it, on and off, for the past year and now it is starting to take [...]
Friday, June 4th, 2010
So much is happening in the garden at the moment, so much of it it finally coming to life. This was the rose on the front of the house about two weeks ago. It had about three roses blooming on it. And now it’s full and basking in the early summer’s sun first thing in [...]
Wednesday, May 26th, 2010
You can read Part 1 of my ‘Growing Dahlias’ saga by clicking on this link. I’ve never grown Dahlias before now and when I pulled the tuber from the box upon delivery I wasn’t sure that any of them would ever amount to anything more than a few shoots. How wrong I was. We’ve ‘lucked [...]
Wednesday, May 19th, 2010
We’ve been out in the paddock for most of this week. I say “we” Jodie and Cathy have been out there for the duration, I have popped out occasionally to make it seem like I still have something to offer in my ‘beached’ state but mostly I’ve been on the sofa, writing posts for the [...]
Tuesday, May 18th, 2010
The promise of a new ranunculus. Waiting to unfurl and show off. This is the first time I have grown these flowers and I will be growing them each and every year from now on, until the end of my time! **************************************************** Join my Facebook page! Cherry Menlove Feel free to add me to your [...]
Tuesday, May 18th, 2010
One of my favourite things to do is to walk in the garden early in the morning. This morning I found the Lamb’s Ears getting ready for their day and I fell in love with them all over again. **************************************************** Join my Facebook page! Cherry Menlove Feel free to add me to your links list. [...]
Tuesday, May 18th, 2010
On another one of my early morning garden walks I found a field of Pink Pokers. They were steeling themselves before being invaded by bees. The bees love them and if the bees love them then I love them. Because I love bees! **************************************************** Join my Facebook page! Cherry Menlove Feel free to add me [...]
Wednesday, September 30th, 2009
Corners of My Garden – The Tractor I love tractors. Tractors are my type of transportation and if I could I would meet my husband for supper in St James’s by driving a tractor up to town and parking it out front. They are chunky. Funky. And I’m sure a little like a monkey when [...]
Thursday, August 27th, 2009
I still have a glut, a glut I tell you, of sweet peas. This comes from picking them almost daily and not letting the seed pods develop for too long. They have kept my vases filled for weeks, grown very tall and created a wall of sweet peas along one side of the fence. This [...]
