I love autumn and when the leaves begin to drop in the gardens, it always feels as though I’m living in the woods. Each year, individual trees have different coloured autumnal leaves. No two years are ever the same, which is always a delight. It’s all down to the weather, and the weather here is …
It’s been wild, wet and windy around these parts of late and I’ve had two horrendous back-to-back bouts of lurgy that’s doing the rounds. I’ve actually got used to the constant brain fog, endless coughing, sneezing and perpetually streaming nose. I’ve been traipsing around with a blanket draped about my person that has earned it’s …
The media seem intent on whipping up the perfect storm this winter. Not happy with sending everyone out panic buying petrol, now they endlessly talk of gaps on the supermarket shelves and toy and white goods shortages among other things. Don’t get me wrong, I see the problems. Gas prices rocketing and energy companies crashing. …
the shrooms begin to emerge. The cotoneaster berries burst forth. The verbena extends it’s final fling, attracting the last of the butterflies and bees. The geese fly back and forth each day, filling the air with their melancholy calls. The tomatoes are torn from their pots and replaced with leeks and kale, and the last …
Mushrooms are suddenly everywhere, aliens, in all their various colours and forms. This one reminds me of ginger. Love these snowy caps. The highlight of autumn for me though, is the emergence of the toadstools, such incredibly beautiful fungi, delightful and utterly poisonous. Most mushrooms have a doppelganger, where one is lethal, yet it’s twin …
a little Magick. Emergence. I love this time of the year. Day by day, the mossy lawn reveals what lies beneath. It’s full of secrets. Usually the toadstools form a perfect circle. This year they have decided to march across the lawn. Did you know, that mushrooms/fungi are more closely related to people than they …
The days are short now, and the long dark evenings stretch out unmercifully. Thank goodness for candles, a fire and good books! It’s going to be a long haul until spring, so time to batten down the hatches and prepare for hibernation. Last night I awoke thinking it was raining, I went to the window …
Right…..let’s get straight down to the mushrooms. I really must wax lyrical about my first batch. I picked about twenty of them with the vague idea of sharing ….and I was drooling at this point, let me tell you. So I plucked a chili from the greenhouse and a few fresh herbs that are still …
As autumn is well and truly here I set about creating a few twig piles for the hedgehogs to hibernate under. I stack the branches and then completely cover them with dried leaves which provides a snugy hidey hole, not just for the hedgehogs but for all sorts of other creatures. Come spring I …
The weather has been beautifully mild this weekend so hubs and I took ourselves off for a long bike ride yesterday. I must say it was a particularly lovely cycle. Wildlife seemed to be everywhere and the fields were full of thousands of geese all shrieking and taking to the air. All of a sudden, …
