This weekend should have seen our annual opening for the National Garden Scheme, but the COVID-19 has put a firm end to that, so this week and next we are posting a series of images on Instagram and Facebook to help you to get your ‘fix’ of our lovely garden. We are following the route that Sue takes in her Candide Gardening audio tour, and today we reach day 5. We do… Read More
Over the years of our opening the garden we have had so many comments about the hazel tunnel we build every year or so (depending on the winter weather) that I thought we’d give you a quick insight into how it is constructed. First of all, harvest your hazel poles. We are fortunate in having two areas from which we can select just the right size sticks, although those in our new… Read More
‘Twas a strange day in the Nant-y-Bedd garden today. We were working together! It was, albeit a bit later than usual due to the inclement weather, the time to construct this year’s bean tunnel. A lot of ‘harvesting’ of hazel rods had been going on recently and in order to get the cars out of the yard, something had to be done. The Runner Bean tunnel is widely admired by our visitors,… Read More