Thank you❤️

Yes, this is for you, so carry on reading. This blog is less than a year old. It rose from the ashes of not one, but two previous blogs that I just could not gel with. One proved too painful to write, the other was too wishy washy. It had no clear direction. The research…

So that was 2021 (Part Three)

I didn't tell anyone about the incident, apart from the police, for a long time. I had a passenger in the Jeep, we'd been shopping in the city, as we often did. Without a rearview mirror, she didn't see the danger closing in. The first she knew, was when I started screaming, put the accelerator…

My little pot garden

Sorry, not that kind of pot.....the plant pot kind. The kind of pots I'd filled my neglected bit of garden with. It's changed so much since I planted it up. Some plants have died, because I used the wrong pots. Some have given up I guess, because the weather became so cold & wet for…

Neglected corner…3weeks on

Despite the weather being cold & wet some progress has been made I had to stop laying the patio, as I hurt my ribs & twisted my knee! Other than that this little bit of the garden is coming on much as I imagined it. The grass has been left long and has wildflowers planted…

Neglected Corner

A very neglected corner of my garden, bordering the workshop wall. A couple of years ago I started digging the grass out & laying slabs with the intention of having a patio. It was slow going........ Eventually it started to take shape. Putting the top soil in the old tin bath was not one of…

It’s Blackberry Season

The bottom of the garden is covered in blackberry brambles. I made the decision last year to leave them and see what happened....I am so pleased I did even though they have completely taken over. I've lost over 40 square feet of garden, but it has been worth it for the taste of those little…