29Jul

A Good Time

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..had by all. The Summer In The Garden open weekend was a great success, even if we did have thundery downpours on Sunday – everyone still managed to tour the garden before popping into the barn for some homebaked buns…..luckily very few buns left – the kids have eaten the leftovers…save me from further toothache […]

21Jul

A Rosy Post

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The roses are looking lovely at the minute, the warm, dry, sunny weather suits them – they hate rain so the past few summers have been miserable for them. We have over 100 roses in the garden, with over 70 different varieties but a few really do stand out among the crowd – for disease […]

18Jul

And The Heat Goes On…And On

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I’m such a moan….still hoping for rain – not a drop has fallen on the garden for exactly two weeks today…it doesn’t seem an awfully long time but the intense heat and the fact that I have planted so many new beds and plants everywhere is a bit of a nuisance. Our cottage garden sits […]

08Jul

Sunny Skies, Happy Days

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Am writing this post with a sunburnt back….funny how us Celts/Vikings/whatever we are, never learn the power of the sun on our fair skin, but how good does it feel to have a glow instead of a shiver – I’m loving the decent dose of vitamin D that so many of us lack (and that […]