And so it begins. Two weeks in and the entire house is filled with dust. How these poor guys cope with constant dust clouds amazes me. They say I’m like their mother as I’m constantly asking them to wear masks to protect themselves, finally, they’ve caved in and started wearing them. Until last night we’ve …
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 …
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 …
The weather here has been pretty grim. Howling winds and heavy rain have taken their toll on the garden. This fabulous clematis is now battered and broken. At least I got to enjoy it in it’s prime. An awful lot of fruitlets have been blown off, but it’s still looking like a good year for …
My juicy strawberries I’m finding it hard to believe that I’m in Britain, as the last six weeks have seen what I can only describe as tropical weather. We now have blazing sunshine mixed with torrential downpours with dramatic thunder storms thrown in. The heady scent of flowers and the rhythmic sound of rain are …
