It is fair to say the process of selling a house isn’t a simple process. Pop a holiday season in the middle of it all and it can really be challenging. The first step of getting the house ready for sale doesn’t just include the standard decluttering and making a home a house of show room standard, devoid of all but a few personal items … Continue reading The hardest worker of all.
This is the absolute best kind of weeding there is. After a period of sustained torrential rain the soil becomes so moist deep down that even the nastiest weed like dock weed slips right out of the ground with the entire tap root attached. This is my bright side to a few days of horrible stormy weather. It was probably the worst storm we have … Continue reading Storm weeding
Is that even a thing? Well it is now, especially in our house as I crunch my way through a bowl of deliciousness. With the holidays behind us and routine returning to normal, much to our surprise the sun decided now was a good time to shine and the weather has been glorious. This is what summer is all about. Then what happens? … another … Continue reading Marrow Chips
I’m not moaning, but this summer has really not been what you imagine summer to be. It has been cold and miserable and I have done nothing but complain about it for weeks. And then we had the storm. But the thing is, while I was busy being busy with the festive season and all of the holiday stuff, it changed… by stealth. Not being … Continue reading Rain on a summers day
I have to say I’m really struggling with this summer. Just when the busy is behind me and normal life stretches before me in a gentle ebb and flow of routine and I begin to enjoy the garden again – we get a storm! Really?! Some high areas even got snow! This is not the summer I was looking for. I feel so cheated. We … Continue reading It was a dark and stormy night
We are now just passed the middle of the middle of summer. Although strangely enough the weather in the first half of summer is always a bit rubbish and the second half is generally much more settled. But we tend to get it all wrong – the holidays are in the first half and the kids go back to school in the second… But anyway, … Continue reading OK Garden – what can you teach me?
With the New Year upon us, I have had little time to care for the garden as well as I’d like. Technically we are still on holiday so days spent leisurely tending the garden for all my hearts delight is replaced with a quick dash into it to do what needs doing urgently and harvesting all that is ready. The time is spent enjoying time … Continue reading The signs are changing
I delayed sending out my Happy New Year message. I wanted to take the perfect picture to go with it. However the New Years Day dawn didn’t have the same glorious magic as the Boxing Day morning did. There was a storm brewing. But the summer dodgy bit of weather is normally over before you know it, so I waited. But this was something more … Continue reading New Year – it is what it is
