We have been trying to establis a wild flower meadow for 4 years and it may, finally, be starting to get going. We put in about a hundred plugs and about a 60% are thriving. The first to flower are the delicate Ragged Robin
Read more →
Badgers caught digging up our lawn First the lawn was attacked by leatherjackets, which left large bare patches. Then starlings came to feast on the leatherjackets and that was fine because the pull them out surgically leaving small neat hole - good to aerate the lawn. But now we have badgers, who are not nearly as neat.
This is what the damage looks like The red crocs are mine, not the badgers’.
Read more →
Sea Thrift On Coast Path The cool wet spring has been good for the Sea Thrift, which is now out in great clouds along the coast path
Read more →
Very cold winter After a long cold wet the winter first Blackthorn blossom is showing on 15 April 2018, and potatoes just showing through about the same time, about a week later than last year.
Filled in some holes The cold winter left some holes in the Burncose bank so we filled in with
Armeria maritima ‘Splendens Perfecta’ Argyranthemum ‘Cornish Gold’ Leucanthemum ‘Wirral Supreme’ Buddleja globose
Read more →
We have the first blossom on our flowering cherry - 10 days later than last year
Read more →
About 45 days 8.5 weeks after planting.
Earthed up the potatoes. Just a couple of leaves on about 1/4 of the plants showing through
Read more →
This is the first time we have had Blackthorn blossom in our mixed hedge since we planted it.
Read more →
Asparagus is through! Asparagus is through! Better than April 4 last year, but not as early as March 2 and 4 in 2014,2015
Read more →
We have the first blossom on our flowering cherry.
Read more →