where eagles fear to perch

It's been a while, but as we mentioned in Part 1  we decided to add to the collection of edible bushes & trees in the garden.   This...

In the early hours of last Friday morning, just before I was off to bed, I noticed our cheap-and-cheerful 4-channel digital thermometer was ...

I put this post together because I was beginning to describe the local weather conditions etc within another post I'm preparing about th...

We're intending to significantly increase the quantity and variety of the edible perennials in the garden, mainly in the form of additio...

1.  Garden Tools We bought a cordless lawnmower in June, £100 from Lidl without any batteries or charger.  But I bought this model because...

Since we removed our old greenhouse , we've exposed a four-metre length of the old hawthorn hedge at the northern boundary. Although i...

New Zealand holly bush, olearia macrodonta ... click on any photo for a larger image ...

first of the bright orange poppies ...

When we built our fig tree planter , we packed out the base with layers of bricks to make an inner wall below the soil level, to confine the...

A few months back, I stumbled upon the Australian equivalent of the BBC's Gardeners' World television show, i.e. ABC's  Gardeni...

This is the final instalment of our major project to demolish the old greenhouse, clear the space to make a paved courtyard area and build a...

Yet another lockdown garden landscaping project ... Inspired by some new raised beds I saw during a review of the Six-on-Saturday submi...

"Well, it's very impressive, yes, but we need to ask you a few questions". In memory of the actress Gina Mastrogiacomo, ...

Following on from our  Part 1  post last week, this is where we left the project. The first post described the process up to completion...

In the early spring of 2013, we built our large greenhouse using 14 shower panels we'd picked up on the cheap.    This 12' x 6...

Back in 2017, our neighbours gave us the outer ring sector stones from a brand new 2.7 metre (9') diameter paving circle - they'd on...

We're currently away on holiday in much warmer climes, but I regularly check out the old homestead via our IP video cameras.   These a...

Well, the winter solstice is with us tomorrow and so things will shortly be on the up again.  Roll on the lighter evenings ... I've be...

This year, as is fairly typical, we've bought in excess of 700 litres of multi-purpose compost for the garden, usually when there were 3...

This is an orientation plan showing the latest layout of our garden.   I originally drew this up shortly after we moved in here, and it...