Posts about the garden and the possibly never ending struggle to get it looking reasonable.
I think it’s fair to say that I am a keen gardener. I’ll happily spend hours just pottering about, jumping from job to job as I see things that need doing. When I go back into the house The Friaress … Read More »
So, more on the garden, continued from the previous missive. The vegetable plot was always high on my list of priorities. Visions of the Good Life, eating nothing but produce from our own land, drove me on. I decided on … Read More »
We’ve been in the house for just over a year now, so I think it’s time to take stock of what changes have been made in the garden. We’ve done a lot, and it’s very easy to overlook that, concentrating … Read More »
Of course, I always suspected that was the case. Except it turns out it’s mosquitoes that can’t keep away from me. A couple of nice warm evenings which we spent sitting out in the garden (wine may have been involved), … Read More »
Finally, we had some rain this week. I’ve been putting out bedding plants and donations for the last month or so, and they’ve all been looking a bit sad because it has been so dry (and I’m reluctant to water … Read More »
As well as non-opening windows and the remains of a bonfire slap bang in the middle of the garden, one of the things the previous residents left us was knee high grass covering what we have now christened “the meadow”. … Read More »
Over the weekend of 26th/27th July, there was an auction of vehicles and memorabilia at Silverstone. Amongst the lots were two rather special ones (from my perspective anyway): a Harrier GR3, and a Tornado F3. We actually have the space … Read More »
Absolutely nothing (to paraphrase Frankie Goes to Hollywood). Well, no that isn’t necessarily true. Exhaustive research (i.e. reading the Wikipedia entry about laurel) shows that it is actually where bay leaves come from (I didn’t know that), as well as … Read More »