Just across the river, there’s a lovely little waterfall that only appears after heavy rain, such as we’ve had just recently.  In fact we’ve just had the best ever two week...

Lovely sunny day, but first slight frost overnight, so time to pick the grapes in the greenhouse.  Wonderful crop of black grapes – one day we’ll find out what variety they...

We find that it’s best wherever possible to get the veg beds at least partly prepared for next Spring as possible before the Winter really sets in and makes digging difficult....

Not only has the weather changed, but it is bucketing down, and although the stream is not at  the highest of levels, there’s a lot of water flowing down into the...

The weather has finally changed (and the hydro is producing electricity again) and harvesting the potatoes and onions is in full swing.  The onions are tremendous, although about 10% seem to...

Clearing up on the patio has opened up the flagstones and with the sun still shining why are we not sitting here with a well deserved drink? The new planting around...

The honeysuckle around the front gate has been tremendous this year as the dry weather continues, forcing the ducks to shelter under the picnic table! Meanwhile the onions look set to...