In the Garden: Woodland World
30 September 2012
Remember this back in July? Desperately trying to kill the grass by organic methods to make way for work to begin on Woodland World? Woodland World is...
Zöe Lynch's Blog
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Category: My Garden
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I don't like Mondays .....
20 August 2012We all hate Mondays right? The Boomtown Rats iconic tune, " frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard... -
Wordless Wednesday: Munstead Wood
01 August 2012 -
The Growing Year: Successes and failures
30 July 2012Lotty the Scarecrow stands guard over my currants and vainly attempts to keep the robbing pigeons away. Pigeons haven't been the only thieves I had to... -
A single rose can be my garden...
06 July 2012Rain, rain go away, come again another day! I wonder how many of us have been chanting this mantra lately? The Jet Stream has a lot to answer for. Hu... -
Wordless Wednesday: Oriental Lilies
04 July 2012 -
Now where was I before we were so rudely interupted....
27 June 2012It has been a while, it wasn't until Elaine asked me earlier today if there was 'any sign of a post on my blog' that I realised how long I had neglec... -
In the Garden: Chicken World
22 May 2012I often rabbit on about Chicken World, but thus far I haven't really shown you it. It isn't what you would call an attractive feature in the garden; t... -
In the Garden: Almost there!
05 May 2012Looking from just outside the sitting room French doors I have been sat gazing at this for the past half hour. We have been working on it like navvies... -
In the Garden: Work in progress
22 April 2012I promised some months ago to keep you updated about the modifications we are making to the garden - it's a long process, because with the exception o... -
In the Garden: A bees eye view
10 April 2012Easter's been and gone; the seasonal reminder of new life and new beginnings whichever faith you practise. Spring seems to be racing ahead - catching ... -
Wordless Wednesday: Nectarine blossom in the garden
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Birdwatching: Common Buzzards (Buteo buteo)
26 March 2012When I had my old blog, Garden Hopping; now long dead and buried; I would frequently post photographs of the various birds that visited my garden, fro... -
In the Garden: Dog's Tooth Violets (Erythronium dens-canis 'Pagoda')
22 March 2012I wasn't sure whether to bother with any words today, should I just let the images speak for themselves? Also the footfall on the blog has been piteou... -
Wordless Wednesday: Garlic Chives seedhead
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In the Garden: The Birds and the Bees
11 March 2012A Buff Tail Bumble Bee Bombus terrestris (probably a Queen) in my flowering Cherry Like most of you probably, I have spent a huge amount of time outs... -
Friday Photo: In the pink
09 March 2012Thought I would share a few images with you of things that are looking good in my garden at the moment. The Daphne smells amazing. The Cherry is my w... -
Wordless Wednesday: Playing with Alan Titchmarsh
16 November 2011n.b. photos taken today hence the gloom - it is foggy here! -
An eggstreme eggsample
01 November 2011Spot the difference? Since Agnes died, I don't think I have mentioned the hens on the blog. I can see them now from my study window scratching around ... -
Wordless Wednesday: After the rain
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Words and Pictures: Passiflora
04 October 2011I. The Sacred “She heard no sound before her gate, Though very quiet was her bower. All was as her hand had left it late: The needle slept on the ... -
Friday Photo: Autumn colour in my garden
23 September 2011From top to bottom: Malus 'Evereste' Euonymus alata Cercidphyllym japonicum 'Nana' Viburnum carlesii -
Work in Progress: A thing of beauty is a joy forever
21 September 2011For time to time, I have mentioned that this year we have embarked on a complete redesign and overhaul of the garden, which was essentially a large pa... -
In the Kitchen: Pear Brandy Liqueur
28 August 2011This one is simplicity itself and can be used in cocktails, to make sauces to go with meat - works especially well with pork in much the same way as ... -
Harvest Time: A fine Pear
16 August 2011For several years now, I have had a Williams Bon Chretien double-u cordon growing in a pot along with a Conference pear and a couple of Reine de Reine... -
Life is just a bowl of cherries
04 July 2011Morello Cherries picked in my garden this morning I have been keeping my eyes on these; not quite sure when to pick them, as they vary so much in colo... -
Nice things come to those who wait ...
30 June 2011one of my hives, ready and waiting to find a home and be filled with bees I have babbled endlessly about this to friends, and anyone willing to liste... -
Wordless Wednesday: Papaver orientale 'Turkenlouis'
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Everything's coming up Roses!
17 May 2011 -
Favourite Herbs: Melissa officinalis (Lemon Balm)
04 April 2011Lemon Balm living happily in my garden under the stems of Rosa Mundi I love herbs, not only for their culinary use, where they bring a special extra d... -
Wordless Wednesday: Camellias in the Rain
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Of Hens and Hellebores
28 March 2011Matilda and Edna on slug patrol As you can see the girls are doing well. Their combs and wattles have reduced in size markedly, and turned a much heal... -
Full English?
21 March 2011First attempt at back bacon So, anyone for breakfast? Can I tempt you? I can offer you fresh laid free range eggs from my garden, and back bacon and C... -
Wordless Wednesday: Violets
09 March 2011 -
Eggsiting times!
07 March 2011Didn't they do well?! Ok sorry about the awful egg puns, I love a bad y(j)oke! *groans* The girls are settled in nicely and loving their new found fre... -
Here come the Girls!
05 March 2011Me and my new friends, the ex battery hens Well, so far so good. We installed them in their coop, and left the pop hole open this afternoon. It didn't... -
Friday Photo: Hellebores
04 March 2011Helleborus x hybridus syn. Helleborus orientalis Sorry for the silence, I have had a difficult few days. The iGit's Mum fell and broke her hip last F... -
Wildflower Wednesday: Green Alkanet
23 February 2011Pentaglottis sempervirens commonly known as Green Alkanet or Evergreen Bugloss Green Alkanet, sometimes called Evergreen Bugloss, appears in ... -
Des Res?
20 February 2011Thankfully, the company we bought the flat pack coop from were as good as their word, and delivered 4 large boxes late on Friday. We spent this aftern... -
What the well dressed Hen is wearing this season
18 February 2011Six tabards, hand knitted by a fellow ex battery hen keeper to help keep hens warm During my investigations into keeping hens, it became apparent to m... -
Will I Chicken Out?
15 February 2011Handsome beast isn't he? He belongs to Elizabeth at Welsh Hills Again I have longed for a small flock of chickens for a long time, I love to watch th... -
Friday Photo: It's raining
11 February 2011Cyclamen coum -
Wordy Wednesday:The Snowdrop
09 February 2011Another attempt by me at a macro shot: Galanthus elwesii The Snowdrop Fear no more, thou timid Flower! Fear thou no more the winter's might, The whelm... -
Friday Photo
04 February 2011Galanthus nivalis 'Sam Arnott' -
The Wishing Tree
03 February 2011'Gung Hei Fat Choi!' she uttered in her best pinyin approximation to wishing you a Happy New Year! Today marks the beginning of The Year of the Rabbit... -
Great Expectations.
31 January 2011Taken this afternoon in my garden, one of several daffodils flowering surrounded by Herb Robert The sun shone today, and encouraged me from my gloom t...