What a strange November it is. The garden should be starting to look positively wintry by now. Yet we’re still waiting for the first proper frosts, autumn flowers are still blooming away, summer flowers are coming back for another go, and a few plants seem to think it’s spring again. The berberis darwinii is flowering […]
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Because it’s not the big goals and successes in life that bring true happiness, but the little joys that you choose to notice each day. What a magnificent earthworm! Radiant rosebush. Calendula, still flowering away. It’s a great plant for any garden – it attracts so many beneficial insects, and just keeps resowing itself and […]
LITTLE JOYS: 7th November 2022 Read More »
Because it’s not the big goals and successes in life that bring true happiness, but the little joys that you choose to notice each day. I forgot I ever had this amazing piece of rare Blue John, until I found my old rock collection in the loft. I know my parents visited a Blue John […]
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Because it’s not the big goals and successes in life that bring true happiness, but the little joys that you choose to notice each day. Seedlings! A wonderful promise-filled sight any time of year. These are the broccoli, lettuce and choi sum I sowed in September. The winter spinach are emerging too, and so are […]
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Because it’s not the big goals and successes in life that bring true happiness, but the little joys that you choose to notice each day. Made delicious, nutritious chicken stock. I simmer a chicken carcass 5 hours or so with onions, carrots, celery, two bay leaves, several peppercorns, a dash of vinegar and a tablespoon […]
LITTLE JOYS: 17th October 2022 Read More »
Because it’s not the big goals and successes in life that bring true happiness, but the little joys that you choose to notice each day. Morning. Fabulous mackerel sky. I rescued these red cactus dahlias, in a sorry state, from a client’s compost bin weeks ago. Now they are lighting up the garden! This potted […]
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