The one that got away

Its the first day of July, so we are into the second half of the year. It was reasonably warm, fairly windy and dry. Philip did the mowing, I did a bit of potting and then some weeding, I also

People came in wearing jackets and gloomy expressions (those that did venture out) because the weather was grim: cool, cloudy and hardly any sun the whole weekend. I decided yesterday to do some jobs I’ve put off for ages. This

A rare event at the moment having a day off. I went over to Eaton Socon to see my parents. They had someone trimming the long berberis hedge in the front when I arrived and a good job he was

What’s happening? Customers are few and far between. We can’t really blame the weather because at least its not pouring down with rain like it was this time last year. Although I must admit that its not very summer like

Our field is a mass of buttercups growing up through different wild grasses and is a sight to see.

Just under a week away from the longest day and if you’d woken up from a deep sleep and looked outside you would wonder what month we’re in. Today has been cold, very windy and showery. My expectations for the

Slowly I think I beginning to win with the weeding. This year there is large quantities of annual rose-bay willow herb but not much hairy bitter cress. I have to be very careful to remove endless bramble seedlings before they

We’ve had 1 and a half inches of rain over the last two days and the two eldest grandchildren came to stay! What do two old grumpy grandparents do with an eight and nearly seven year old on wet grey

It must be the first decent weather bank holiday we’ve had for over a year and what a difference it made. We were busy on all three days, something we’re just so out of practise with. At one stage today