Summer onions out… Winter onions in. Still they come, young and oh so sweet! Even sweeter, the best I’ve ever tasted. First ever home grown apricots. The parsley has been particularly strong and flavoursome this year… and the Accidental Orchards’ underplanting of wild flowers is beginning to bloom. There have been mallows, cornflowers, love-in-a-mist and …
I can almost smell autumn in the air, it’s subtle, but it’s there. Pink hydrangeas are everywhere, but to my delight this one has voilet-ish tones. Begonia season is upon us, long may it last. Herbs be flourishing and flowering… and yellow courgettes just keep on coming. Tiny leek seedlings have survived torrential downpours, [that …
Daughter tested positive for covid recently, thankfully she’s asymptomatic to date. Hubs and I are also fine, and fingers crossed things stay that way for us all. We’re all self-isolating, so hair appointments and pub visits/eating out etc are all on the back-burner for a while. During a routine health check the vet noticed that …
I’m always surprised when these delightful, tatty daisies appear, I forget they exist until they pop up, which is surprising given how fond I am of them. I love how feverfew seeds itself about the garden, barren pots are always filled by them each year. They seem to flower for months. The buddleias are growing …
Another hot, dry, muggy week or so has flown by. As I type, rolling black clouds drop the occasional fleeting shower, but no real rain as of yet. Fingers and toes are crossed for a decent downpour. I’ve harvested some of my broad beans, delicious they were! It’s also been a fantastic year for garlic …
Tomorrow is Freedom Day here in the UK, despite an explosion of covid cases. Basically, everything will return to normal and we will no longer be required to follow any rules. I have mixed feelings, part of me accepts that I need to live my life and get on with it, another part wants to …
I harvested the garlic this week. They grew from whole garlic bought from the supermarket last year, given the garden centres were in lockdown. I was appalled to discover that they were actually imported from China, how strange given we grow garlic in the UK. The garlic was also pretty small and these have grown …
It’s been hot and dry here of late and the scent of roses and other blooms are almost overpowering. A picture of the courtyard taken from upstairs, it’s so difficult trying to capture the roses from the ground. This bamboo in the back garden throws out the most enormous stems, it was only supposed to …
It’s been bone dry around these parts for weeks now, so it’s been a struggle trying to keep the gardens watered, especially as it’s been so warm. Just watering the courtyard, back garden and greenhouse takes three hours. I always leave the front garden to fend for itself. Finally, today, it rained, all day, with …
Curly cat went AWOL yesterday. Usually he has a little potter around the back garden each day, then spends the rest of the day sleeping on a chair in the study next to hubs, or sitting on the desk if he’s after treats. One minute, Curly was pottering around the garden, the next he had …
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