When the first job of the day is to go into the garden to pick roses (for Slamseys Gin), I don’t think life can get much better. Added to that, we’ve had a glorious week of hot, sunny days, partied all weekend in marquees set in beautiful gardens, watched the Lions and Andy Murray toContinue reading “a glorious week”
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in the garden – June 2013
This month I am linking up with Lizzie of Strayed from the Table for The Garden Share Collective. The aim is to create a community of bloggers who share their vegetable patches, container gardens and the herbs they grow on their window sills. Where our vegetable garden is situated used to be a very bumpy grassed area, known asContinue reading “in the garden – June 2013”
an update
A short update on Tuesday’s post when I went walking … and met a fox. On Wednesday I went walking … and met a fox. It may have been the fox I saw the day before or it may have been a different one. It was mooching along the track towards me, not really concentrating.Continue reading “an update”
today …
The good and the not so good on the farm today. But mainly good. Look carefully and you can make out a vixen staring back at me, while just around the corner two fox cubs frolicked together. Lovely to see when they’re miles from home, but rather less welcome when they’re close to the yardContinue reading “today …”
respect your elders
When an elder bush sprang up in the corner of the garden, I kept very quiet about it so that Bill didn’t wrench it from the ground as he thinks elder is a weed, even though I’ve told him it only thrives near a happy home (according to folklore). The bush isn’t very big yetContinue reading “respect your elders”
LIFE IN MUD SPATTERED BOOTS 