where eagles fear to perch

After its  spectacular flowering display last autumn, our largest yucca gloriosa went into a serious decline over the winter. It was suf...

Here's the combined portfolio update on the last working day of June :-

To form our parallel evergreen hedge , we planted the cell-grown saplings at the start of June 2017, so this is now their third summer in ...

Hot on the heels of our waterwheel, we've now built another water feature to sit under the Cypress tree in the south-east corner of the ...

This is a project that had its origins over six years ago, but I've only just completed it !  Therefore some of the first descriptions o...

A somewhat belated post, from our now regular trips to the sun during the first few months of the year, to escape the cold and miserable wea...

Today's an anniversary of sorts. In April 2013 I woke up in the early hours of a Saturday morning with my heart beating wildly and ver...