Wednesday, March 28, 2018

Day 163


Iris 
Bergenia


Day 162

 Peony finally popping it's head up

Day 161

Zantedeschia aethiopica

Day 160

Arbutus unedo

Day 159

Gunnera manicata

Wednesday, March 21, 2018

Day 155

House in next village

Day 154


Day 153

sunday 18th march - a few more trees

2 x Cedrus deodara
1 x Pseudotsuga menziesii  (Douglas fir)
6 x Cupressus × leylandii
1 x Quercus Ilex

Day 152

Spring bulbs popping up now

Day 151



Making Marmalade

Thursday, March 15, 2018

Day 150


Something useful out of all this dead wood- making benches



Day 149

Not just torrential rain- but gale force winds too, bringing more trees down.

wed/14th march

Day 148



Bit of soaping to lift the spirits

Day 147



Random salads growing on the land- lettuce, radish, spinach

Day 146

non-stop rain - water everywhere!

Day 145


 The Velagota Delta!


Friday, March 9, 2018

Wednesday, March 7, 2018

Day 142


Sunny evening after some planting - grow plants grow!!
Wed 7th March

Day 141


New plants going into the 'River Garden'

Monday, March 5, 2018

Day 140



The New Orchard getting rather a lot of rain!

Day 139


River garden edged and mulched with pine chippings

Day 138

Saturday 3rd March

Friday, March 2, 2018

Day 137 friday 2nd march


Day 136

Starting the planting in the 'river garden'
Magnolia x 'Genie'
Helleborus orientalis x 2 (from Dad's garden)
Euphorbia 'Blackbird'
Festuca glauca

Day 135

Wednesday 28th feb
Some new fruit in the old blueberry bed
2 blueberry, 1 red gooseberry, 1 redcurrant, 1 whitecurrant, 1 damson tree


Day 134 Tuesday 27th feb

Magnolia x 'Genie'

 Wisteria floribunda 'Violacea Plena'