Another big job I’m always glad to get out of the way is a thorough brushing of the courtyard. It takes forever as there are pots and containers simply everywhere that all need pulling out. It sure is backbreaking stuff! Again though, when it’s done it’s just wonderful and I can now enjoy the space …
It’s always difficult trying to describe my little courtyard, as I fondly like to call it, so I thought taking a little wander around it may help to clarify a very confusing space. Here is an aerial view. There are two extensions that were built before we moved in, on either side of this space. …
While I am trying to fix the timed- out comment problem….please copy your replies in case you are timed out. A view from my greenhouse through CLOSED doors…..dogs have to run and all that! I have spent the week hiding in there! The weather this last week has matched my health! It has been wild, …
I’ve never known a spring quite like this one. It’s still absolutely freezing and apart from one day of cold, pale sunshine that highlighted my dirty windows, I would swear we are still in the throes of winter. Holly, the now HUGE hedgehog, is STILL in the rabbit hutch hardening off……I’d hoped that she would …
Each day, whatever the weather, I spend a little time sitting in my house of glass while the dogs gallop around my lawnless lawn. I usually have my lunch in there. I like to throw the doors open and watch whatever nature has in store for me. There is always something going on, especially if …
Recently the weather has been wild, wet and windy and this looks set to continue for a while. There are so many jobs that need doing in the garden….sigh…and I have NO idea where to start! Today I was considering clearing a few leaves, but, a friend is dropping in with ….erm….a couple of bottles …
I tend to plant most of my flowers in the courtyard outside the kitchen door. The front garden gets far too hot and is too large to keep an eye on plants and pots invariably wither and die there. The back garden is nothing short of a small copse having at least twenty large trees and …
