It seems that my friend has a garden that attracts wildlife of the larger variety.
They have sent me another picture of their latest early morning visitor.
Pheasant
April 7th, 2010 — Uncategorised
Getting Away From It All
April 3rd, 2010 — Uncategorised
I had a weekend away a fortnight ago when the weather was clear. It was nice to get away and relax, especially as there wasn’t much to do in the garden or plot.
I went to a lovely hotel in the Malvern’s called the Malvern Hills Hotel. Very nice, good food and so quiet and relaxing:
I would recommend the hotel to anyone. The food was good and it feels very local rather than overdone. The walking nearby is great too. Some pics of that later.
Hyacinth
March 22nd, 2010 — Uncategorised
This is a hyacinth bulb that used to be sitting indoors. I decided to plant it out and I’m hoping it will take. I expect it will require a year to grow its bulb and ‘feel’ ready to flower fully.
Busted Ladybird
March 18th, 2010 — Uncategorised
I had this clay ladybird in the garden as an ornament. I don’t usually do the garden ornament thing, but I do like ladybirds.
It got damaged and I tried to fix it with ‘no more nails’. It seemed to work and then I foolishly left it out over winter and after the snow had melted it exploded in the heat as the moisture must have got in.
A rather inglorious ending for a ladybird.
Ooops!
This last picture is how it should have looked, did look, last year.
Snow Road 2
March 14th, 2010 — Uncategorised
A blue winter shot.
Fences
March 12th, 2010 — Uncategorised
There are plenty of old fences around about. These caught my eye while out and about.
Snow Road
March 10th, 2010 — Uncategorised
This is a dangerous road near me – too many trees with flowers on. The snow and ice made it worse.
Snow Tree
March 8th, 2010 — Uncategorised
It has been cold of late round here and I have only just had a chance to put these pics up from last month.
Brrr. Cold.
January
January 19th, 2010 — Uncategorised
Well, the snow has finally gone and I have been to the plot. It’s water-logged of course after all the snow and then the rain.
I dug up a leek for cooking, but didn’t do much else. I will wait a while before going back to working on it. There are other things to do right now. I want to brick edge my lawn before the weather warms. That way I can stop the grass from getting everywhere – though it seems to have a mind of its own about that.
Be back shortly.
Digging
October 27th, 2009 — Uncategorised
I have had some time off today so I went to the plot and dug it up. I also dug up some of the strawberries as they were taking over the corner of the plot and the holder next to me was frowning at them a lot last week.
I also emptied out one of the composters as it was ready and I need the space to put more waste back in.
For some strange reason the sprouts didn’t grow this year. They got to about 3 inches and then just stopped growing. Shame, as now I will have to buy them from a supermarket.
I harvested the last of the butternut squash and have put them in the garage for safe keeping. I have found a nice recipe for them so will try it out next week.