He arrived from the Cats Protection League almost seven years ago. I didn’t really want a cat but the rabbits were increasing and some bright spark suggested that a cat might be the solution. I had chosen a young female

I pondered about trying to write something without mentioning the weather but since it so strongly influences almost everything I do it would be impossible to ignore it. As I write there is high pressure bringing a week or more

Following on from the last post I can now see that the weather so far has not been good for my spirits. It has been mostly grey and cloudy, there has been a lot of rain and then there is

I’m a little surprised how long it is since I last wrote here, as usual there are no comments which is a disincentive to write. But here I am again on the last day of the year with an up-date.

A lot happened during the month, not all of it to do with the nursery. We got settled into the barn then himself went off boating for three weeks. While he was away I did a lot of gardening, cutting

A fortnight ago we moved to our converted barn in the corner of the field at our nursery. The move happened fairly nonchalantly. We had already brought quite a lot of stuff here in the previous few weeks which made

We had two nights away in Hampshire for Matthew’s wedding. The gate was closed on the Friday and our friends Margaret and Terry stood in for us on Saturday. This was a rare event, I hardly ever go away. After

We’ve had the garden open for the National Garden Scheme for about 15 years. We used to have several group visits in the evenings from garden clubs and societies. Tow or three years ago we had a rest from taking

The weather is not too nice at the moment. Cloudy, cool and fairly wet. On the plus side it means that it’s easier to keep working and the ground is now quite moist so plants are looking perkier than they