16Mar

And the list goes on

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I’ve made yet another list, as you do……so much to accomplish before April when we open the garden. With the best will in the world, my list’s not shifting, as in when I look at my list on the laptop each night, I’m not able to tick off any tasks, yet my days are filled […]

16Feb

Know Your Onions

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We’ve been planting more alliums in the garden…they should have been in before now but Christmas kind of got in the way, then I had a pesky virus, then the weather wasn’t great…excuses, excuses…..I am the world’s greatest procrastinator….a horrid word for a horrid habit, it runs in the family and I’m afraid I’ve passed […]

05Feb

Pootling in Paradise

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A beautiful winter’s day….after a week’s break from the garden, due to both the weather and a rotten cold, I headed back out today with my trusty helpers. This was the first day since last week that we weren’t frozen – very unusual for our wee peninsula. Mind you, the garden doesn’t seem too bothered, […]

27Jan

Hedgerow Habits

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Two years ago, almost to the day, we decided to lay our old overgrown hawthorn hedge. The hedge was at the edge of the garden then, with the pony’s paddock beyond but we have since planted the pony’s field with native trees, a row of hydrangeas and a prairie border. Anyway, we were quite brutal […]

13Jan

Back in The Saddle

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Happy New Year to all and sundry. Christmas passed by at such a frenzied pace, I’m only now recovering. And I kind of lost my gardening mojo…….lots of workshops and wreaths which was wonderful but the garden & polytunnel were certainly neglected. It’s hard to believe but just a few days with my hands back […]

10Dec

The Merry Wreathmakers

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We have been having a wonderful time of it. Lots of lovely girls arriving at the barn for our wreath workshops and I’m amazed at their creations, truly. We don’t make it easy for them – no ready made fir wreath rings that only need a few bits and pieces stuck on. No sir, we […]

18Nov

Foxglove Love

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Last week we were finally planting out the foxgloves into their final positions in the shady garden, bottom of the orchard and shady side of the cottage garden. We have never grown them on so well before so that we are hoping for a great show. That said, they are the size of large cabbages […]

09Nov

Irish Mist

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Just back from a fabulous weekend in Donegal. There’s something about crossing the border into Donegal, passing through Letterkenny and heading towards one of the many beautiful “corners” of the county….you immediately feel relaxed, the pace of life just slows right down. With regards to scenery, you literally are spoilt for choice, from Portsalon through […]

05Nov

Autumn Sun

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A beautiful day today…..calm and sunny…the calm before the storm due tomorrow. I really should have been outside but, yesterday, I was determined to complete all of the polytunnel work which should have been already done – potting on hardy annuals, perennials and wildflowers. Cutting down the applemint which was completely overrun with brown mint […]

16Oct

Mid Autumn Tasks

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It’s been a busier month so far than I thought it would be but we are getting on top of our “To Do” list, although, as any gardener will agree, the list is never completely ticked off! It’s an ever evolving, changing list of tasks, and trying to get to the bottom of it is […]

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