The vegetables are growing before my very eyes. I left some new potatoes, my Armageddon potatoes, in this tub last winter. These potatoes are always the first up and are always sturdy and resilient to cold weather. The same applies to these potatoes in the veggie patch. They are streaks ahead of the ones I …
I’ve had to use an old cycling helmet of daughter’s that was hanging around in the garage, given a robin is busy raising a brood in mine. Once we cross the formerly busy dual carriageway, we’re just cycling in country lanes. The traffic has increased of late, as has the speeding! I’ve noticed a sharp …
It’s always difficult trying to describe my little courtyard, as I fondly like to call it, so I thought taking a little wander around it may help to clarify a very confusing space. Here is an aerial view. There are two extensions that were built before we moved in, on either side of this space. …
Enjoying a chiminea. Sorry for this lengthy post, but I wanted to record it for posterity. There are so many people that I miss seeing in the flesh, but, top of the list is my adorable, Littl’urchin. Not being able to hold and hug her has literally broken my heart. There are so many new …
The topsoil arrived. The neighbours asked if we were building a fortress! Four tons looks smaller than it actually is….poor hubs….a shoveling he did go, and there were a lot of holes in that rusty old barrow! One by one he filled the four raised beds. One is now planted with potatoes, another sown with …
Our lovely weather this week has my seeds growing before my very eyes. Rocket and beef tomatoes My greenhouse is now overflowing and many seedlings have already been potted on. Food will be a priority this year with flowers very much taking second place. We don’t know how long this pandemic will last so having …
Today that bright, shiny thing in the sky momentarily reappeared! It was so dazzling it almost blinded me and had my eyes streaming. Even stranger was a glimpse of blue sky….who knew how beautiful blue could be! How true that old saying….you only appreciate something when it’s gone. The veneer of civilization is thin, but …
Each year I’m captivated as I watch the seeds germinate. Rocket seed It truly is a miraculous process. Watching how each dried seed cracks open, develops a green head and a root, enthralls me. The more I think about it the more it all astonishes me. I think the use of the word awesome is entirely …
Do you remember the bald hedgehog at the rescue? Well, just look at him now. He’s been successfully treated for ringworm and is now sporting a glistening new set of spikes. The little duckling that arrived over Christmas is all grown up too, she’s the duck in the front of this picture, the one behind …
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I have a variety of fruit trees, plum, pear, apple, cherry, fig and apricot. To date I’ve never had figs or apricots but a gal can always hope. I’ve always planned on acquiring a damson and now, thanks to a friend, I have three damson saplings that are the great, great grandchildren of her original …
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