We drove out to our friends farm today. We were hoping to pick up an A-Frame chicken coop but we never did. It was way too big and wide for the trailer and was in disrepair. Unfortunately, the time needed to patch it up could be best used to build a new one. I've had … Continue reading Time Out
The unfamiliar weed in our garden had a different presence about it. So it was left to develop. From experience, I’m a true believer in resources and teachers appearing when required. Another real-life example of this is the gradual growth of a plant in our backyard that was a little different to the mallow plants … Continue reading Hollyhock
What a time. There is so much going on that The Looming Clouds of Overwhelm are deepening and darkening. Suffice to say that, being this close to Christmas, we will not be moving house until the New Year. And then some. overwhelm əʊvəˈwɛlm/ verb 1. bury or drown beneath a huge mass of something, … Continue reading The Looming Clouds of Overwhelm
Just when I thought the garden was smelling good with the abundant blossoms of the Honeysuckle, out comes the Buddleia for the beginning of Summer. Buddleia davidii is to me, the perfume of English summers - along with Petunias and Sweet Peas. I recall seeing on my travels large 'trees' of buddleia in and around … Continue reading Buddleia
With an available morning to tend to the Tillellan garden I drove over to the house and was there by 5am to do some maintenance. The early rise was to beat the heat and the first job was to fix the hose which had a couple of pin hole leaks in it due to the … Continue reading Damage Control
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