Friday, May 11th, 2012
Last weekend, when the rain stopped for about 42.5 minutes, we all trundled out in to the garden to get some of my fruit trees in to the ground. They had been in large pots and trugs for almost a month and if they were to have any chance at all of making it then [...]
Monday, July 11th, 2011
Hello there. Robert is still in hospital. Tomorrow he will have been in for three weeks. Unfortunately I have not seen him in person for a week as my heavily pregnant sister has just had a very bad cold and as Robert has no immune system to speak of it was best not to take [...]
Wednesday, May 25th, 2011
Hello! Good morning! How are you? I thought I’d do a wee update from my garden today. An update and a confession but more on the confession later. I’ve got so much going on outside in the garden right now that it can get a little tricky to keep up with it all. ALWAYS one [...]
Monday, May 16th, 2011
Garden, garden, garden. From Friday afternoon until Sunday evening when I fell exhausted on to the sofa. The inside of the house is remaining woefully unpacked but the outside is taking shape. I said to Louise (my sort of sister – in – law) as I began to stack the dishwasher ” I don’t want [...]
Wednesday, March 30th, 2011
Hello! If you are thinking about growing anything then you couldn’t start with an easier vegetable than Rhubarb. It actually needs very little attention but of course, as with most things, if you go the extra mile with it you’ll get much better results. It’s fantastic for cooking and baking with and rewards you year [...]
Thursday, March 17th, 2011
I watched Gardeners’ World yesterday evening on the BBC iplayer. I’d missed the return of Monty Don when it went out and was desperate to catch up. The first episode of this series did not disappoint. The part I loved the most was when it showed Monty in his own garden. He spoke about the [...]
Friday, February 25th, 2011
I feel like I’m being a bit cheeky today as I’m nipping in with another post that I want you to join in with. My thinking was that if you’re out and about this weekend buying herb seeds then you could also pick up some seed potatoes and grow you own tatties! Last year we [...]
Monday, February 21st, 2011
During the Winter I spend a lot more time on the house and housey things than I do in the garden. For obvious reasons. The garden is hibernating, dormant, and not pretty to look at unless covered in a blanket of snow or dusted with frost. The house is much more inviting and cosy. But [...]
Friday, September 3rd, 2010
I now have a comments function. Please feel free to leave me a message at the bottom. I stepped out this morning with my coffee, my feet in Birkenstocks with socks on (someone please save me from myself!!) and my pajamas on. I looked this way and that and tried to capture this moment of [...]
Tuesday, August 24th, 2010
I now have a comments function. Leave your comment/question at the end of every post! On Sunday night, as the rain lashed against the windows, I asked myself if it really was the end of Summer. I’m not so sure it is. I often get caught out like this. I assume the long hot days [...]
