I have been working at home this week and feeling keenly the lack of light, the days getting shorter and darker. Having unpacked and sorted out my unit after the Midwinter Fair last week I decided to take a couple of my large glass lanterns home. I put two of the white pillar candles I […]
My car is filled to the roof with over 200 glorious hydrangea heads, their stems stripped of leaves, ready to take to the Country Living Fair this week. This afternoon my husband pruned the Virginia creeper so that I can take the stems to the fair and twist them into a wreath base for my […]
It is time to plant bulbs. Time also for the annual argument about the best planting method. I prefer to choose an area, dig it out to the required depth, scatter the bulbs, fix them in the soil and cover them up, planting out my wallflowers, hesperis and mysotis as I go. He prefers to […]
