A blossom or two

An icy wind has been gusting for an age of late, resulting in me barely visiting the garden, so it was lovely having a little potter around today. Hubs has cleared the tree remarkably quickly. These things often look worse than they actually are. This bargain basement, nameless, store bought tea rose has been flowering …

An Accidental Orchard

After much pondering, I decided to plant the accidental fruit trees in the courtyard, for now, anyway. It turns out I have seventeen trees, not eighteen, a far more manageable number…..NOT! Seventeen trugs and bags of compost were bought and bins and bins of top-soil from a local Buy Nothing group were acquired. I cut …