Coffee morning, seeds and groundworks

We were provided with an excellent breakfast served up by Dorrington’s Women’s Institute, it was the envy of any self respecting retriever! Bugingham Palace had yet another spritely new resident but it hopped off sharpishly requesting privacy. The garden on a plate, went down well so to speak, it was sold for £5. Here is……

Bugingham Palace Access and New Resident

Ed and I were down in the panhandle of the garden to reclaim ground for access and tree planting from the pesky brambles. Bugingham Palace had to excavated from its prickly bramble blanket. This allowed a very impatient resident who had been unable to access his/her top floor suite. Beyond this idyllic bank of loveliness……

Potatoes, Plants and Little People

The Nursery were down to harvest their Charlotte potatoes and check out the rapidly growing runner beans. We have some new visitors in the learning circle, runner beans look lush, and the pond is full ….. as it’s mid summer! The compost heaps have been rotated, left to right and top to bottom. It’s tough……

Pond planting, watering and scarecrow

We were greeted by a happy dog Nym and a great display of wild flowers on this Thursday morning. The plan was to plant out some pond plants, and make the usual dent in the big list of garden to do’s. Even with a discount, £80 worth of pond plants does not go very far!……