Do you remember those ridiculous six foot high alliums whose stalks were reaching for the sky? Well, finally – two months later – they are starting to flower. First by shedding their pointed hats… ..and then bursting (slightly half heartedly) into bloom. Will all those tight little buds open out or is that the way …
Hampstead Heath
Woodbridge, a cuckoo – and Wenhaston Grange
I have just spent the weekend at the Aldeburgh Festival but rather than staying in Aldeburgh we took an Air BnB in Woodbridge, down the coast on the River Deben – and just up the road from Sutton Hoo, the most important and stunning Anglo Saxon site in the UK. Woodbridge also home to a …
Long overdue garden update….
I see that back in April I was filled with good intentions to do monthly garden updates but here we are in June….. So, to go back to soon after I left off in April – and the vibrant plumes of ajuga outside my study window. Sadly they do not last that long but are …
Light into Life: Marc Quinn at Kew
The weather forecast promised rain at 11am on Bank Holiday Monday and then for the rest of the day. So, I thought, if I get to Kew as the gates open at 10am, not only will I miss the rain but the bank holiday crowds. Great theory – and I did miss the crowds, but …
April garden update
It may not look as though we are making much progress – still builders very much in evidence – but I promise you that we are… The paving is now all laid around the house (still working on the area in front of the garage) and I have even managed to plant some wheelie bin …
Very overdue garden update……
I am deeply embarrassed to see that it is three months since I posted about my garden, Heath Hands or indeed any garden anywhere. I can only blame our Salon Music project which has rather taken over my blog life, whatever about the rest of my life. And it has been winter so most of …