Gardening

  • Gardening

    More early spring

    I had a look at the garden today having looked out of the kitchen window to see this. At first I thought it was a “Pussy Willow”, but in fact it is a…

  • Gardening,  Walks

    Walk into Spring

    R went for a walk today when I was at church.  One of the hymns today was “Awake my soul” – I couldn’t help thinking of J when we got to the line…

  • Cats,  Gardening

    Cats and keyboards

    Why do cats like keyboards so much?  It has got to be just that they like stopping people working so that they can have their slaves’ full attention. Amber had a go at…

  • Cats,  Gardening

    Supervision

    I went out to clear what was left of the leaves this afternoon.  They are all gone, apart from bizarrely, a single red apple bravely clinging on. I had almost finished when the…

  • Gardening

    Two Gardeners

    There are leaves all over our back garden, very pretty but they will ruin the lawn if they are left to rot. I spent some time racking them up, and then J came…

  • Cats,  Gardening

    Cat and mushrooms

    We have a fantastic crop of mushrooms at the moment – not only this huge one, but others on the front lawn in more or less the traditional “fairy ring” formation. I keep…

  • Gardening

    And then there were two…

    I felt that the basement was lacking a certain something, so we purchased a second aspidistra. The original plant – called Distra is going strong – he was pretty small when we got…

  • Cats,  Gardening

    Hard Work

    The cats and I worked hard today. I worked hard at gardening, trying to get cleaned up before winter.  As a reward I found a new flower I have never seen before, an…

  • Food,  Gardening

    My Dad would have been proud

    My Dad (who died aged 93 two years ago) would have been very proud of my accomplishment this week.  He was a jam and jelly maker (and eater) par excellence, and no year…