Book Review – The Kinfolk Garden
Reading time 10 minutes
I am generally reticent about writing book reviews. However, when the first couple of critiques I read online are comedically scathing, my interest is […]
Photography
Iris Reticulata ‘Pauline’
Reading time 7 minutes
In an exciting new development, the following post can now be enjoyed as a podcast as well as in text and photographs. Cultivars of […]
Baby steps (towards spring)
Reading time 10 minutes
Every weekend is pretty much the same during the lockdown. A time to catch up on sleep, to read, phone friends and family, make […]
BITTERSWEET MEMORIES OF 2020
Reading time 22 minutes
The year 2020. Where to begin? It’s tempting to dive straight into the obvious negatives – and let’s face it that would be rich […]
The House by the Lane
Reading time 6 minutes
‘Chyanvounder’: ‘Chy’ meaning house and ‘vounder’ meaning lane in the Cornish language. We have made three attempts to visit Cornwall this year. The first […]
Getting Away From It All
Reading time 7 minutes
Like many folk, we’ve barely spent a night away from home since the New Year. I love The Watch House with all my heart, […]
Garden Diary: May 2020 Part I
Reading time 18 minutes
Where, oh where did May go? No sooner had it started than June was upon us. Now it’s midsummer, the longest day is almost […]
Garden Diary: April 2020
Reading time 30 minutes
April was a bittersweet month. Among many positives were the beautiful weather and being able to spend extra time in the garden with The […]
Easter Extravaganza
Reading time 11 minutes
Oh the irony. For the last three years our National Gardens Scheme area organiser has been asking if we’d open the garden for a […]
Garden Diary: March 2020
Reading time 28 minutes
Who could have predicted that the Month of March would end as it did? Over the course of two weeks our daily routines changed […]
From Coastline to Compost Bin – Using Seaweed As A Garden Fertiliser and Soil Improver
Reading time 16 minutes
I may be a composting virgin, but now that I have an allotment I am getting serious about the dark art of decay. Since […]
Hopping over to Stockholm
Reading time 6 minutes
This week my work took me to Stockholm to visit a potential supplier. I always look forward to visiting the Swedish capital since the […]