New Beginnings

New Beginnings

A new decade needs to be approached with a degree of organisation. Consequently, on our first day of volunteering in 2020, the garden team thought it would be a good idea to clean out our “Howff”, or tool-shed, which had become a muddle of spades, rakes,...
Deck the halls with boughs of holly

Deck the halls with boughs of holly

As I write this, the late autumn rain is falling, and the wind is blowing hard but in the next few weeks we will reach the Winter Solstice – the turning point of the year!  Winter Solstice  Solstice comes from the Latin ‘sol’ – sun...
WANTED: Partridge for a Pear Tree

WANTED: Partridge for a Pear Tree

September is the ninth month of the year and is usually called the harvest month. Accordingly, we have been harvesting some of our fruit and vegetables but not always at the time of our choosing.  Potato Thief!  On a walk around the garden recently we...
The Last of the Summer Wine

The Last of the Summer Wine

It was only as I switched on the kitchen light the other night, about 10pm, that I realised the long summer evenings are coming to a close as the year turns onwards through the seasons. It’s hard to think that it will soon be autumn but there are just enough warm...