Foggy, frosty tree following
This morning the world was nearly white. The air and sky turned cloudy with fog, and the ground and grass dusted with icing sugar frost. The perfect day then to capture the winter silhouettes of… View Post
The weekend roundup
This weekend yielded much more gardening opportunity than I expected. Saturday we were out for the day with friends, mostly outside, and there was definitely a nip in the air! Sunday was a day for… View Post
Worms, a warmer day and pie
Today the sun shone, and by happy coincidence I had a day off at home with my daughter. I showed her my allotment journal and she was so interested. It never takes much to get… View Post
A day of planning and cooking
The first day of February, and it looked almost springlike. The snowdrops at the foot of our young copper beech hedge are in flower and it such a hopeful feeling. Other things in flower at… View Post
Garlic and field beans
A quick 20 mins in the garden to plant the last few handfuls of garlic cloves that didn’t make it into the ground before Christmas. This year I’m growing Elephant garlic, which went in in… View Post
