We have friends in Scotland and the north of England and the borders of Wales. So I know that many people have had proper snow and are now wishing it would clear up and move on. Apologies for the excitement, but over tonight and early tomorrow we have snow forecast for our area. I hadContinue reading “Waiting for the snow”
Tag Archives: Gardening
Good day’s writing
Made the most of a sunny morning by clearing up in the garden – chucking leaves on the compost heap, tucking the fleece down over tender plants and clipping back some overgrown hedge plants. Then starting on a batch of pickling onions. The kitchen compost bin is now full of onion skins and we bothContinue reading “Good day’s writing”
Wet days
We got some work done in the garden, at the expense of wet feet and damp knees. It’s a sombre time of year. The brilliantly coloured leaves have largely been blown off their trees and into soggy browning piles, everywhere is damp and there are very few vegetables still growing. Whatever prompted me to growContinue reading “Wet days”
Julia Chalkley 