REWILD YOUR GARDEN BY FRANCES TOPHILL – BOOK REVIEW

Published by Greenfinch This is a book you can keep handy as it not only looks good but the ideas are superb. No matter how soft or hard you want to start rewilding your garden there are ideas for you to try. I keep checking to see the next little thing I could do to attract butterflies as I hardly see them here on the south east coast of UK. Francis keeps everything very simple in her writing and covers a huge area, this is one of my favourite books this year. I met Francis when she came to our…
View PostBUBBLE BLOWING AND FUN FAIR WITH ENZO

A super Sunday morning spent with my great grandson Enzo, we did some bubble flowing in the garden. He was trying to see how many colours we could see in the bubbles, then one landed on the spiders web in the outside fire so we decided this was the best picture. There was a small fun fair on The Leas and tribute singer Amy Winehouse which was really good. He wanted to drive the princess car, pleased that he had it all to himself. Then he played hook a duck and picked his prize. It was time for a sit…
View PostLADIES THAT LUNCH AFTERNOON TEA IN THE GARDEN

SYLVIES 70th BIRTHDAY! My lovely granddaughter Kara organised our afternoon tea by buying and making everything for us and then being the hostess. We all decided that she was so good at it that it would be a nice business for her to start up. I am sure many people would like an event all catered for and organised in their own home and not having to do anything themselves. Sylvie loved the special biscuits Kara got for her. We all had such a super afternoon, with so much fun and…
View PostUNEXPECTED GARDEN WALK

Some mornings I walk round the garden and find such unexpected things, that make you wonder where they came from, for example these freshwater snails, Nerite algae eating snails were in abundance yesterday after the rain, I’m guessing this is why the water is very clear this year. Pleased they came to visit and hope they stay to keep the pond clean but I wonder where they came from. This frog just loves the sunshine and is so big, he also does not mind being stroked! This is by the grandchildren, not me. Then I looked at the Bay tree…
View Post- Newer Posts
- 1
- …
- 7
- 8
- 9
- 10
- 11
- 12
- 13
- …
- 39
- Older Posts