Recently, I've planted up three new beds at the Priory. None of them are particularly big and one is really only an extension of a larger border. The only truly new one, and the last one to be planted up, is called the um, er, the er (thinks furiously) Kitchen Bed (it lies directly outside the … Continue reading New Beds 1, 2 and 3
Photography
Priory Picture Post # 12
A couple of months ago, I was in a well-known DIY shop (starts with B and ends with Q) and, as is pretty much always the case , I felt the urge to rescue one of their plants. (Have you seen how they treat their tree ferns? Very big, very old Dicksonia antarctica's left out … Continue reading Priory Picture Post # 12
New Life and Poppy’s Triumph
A while ago, Margaret (the farmer whose land surrounds most of the Priory) bought a cow in calf, and the other day, long, long after all her other calves were born we had a new arrival. He's a very handsome chap and I can't but marvel at how clean he is. He looks like he's … Continue reading New Life and Poppy’s Triumph
A Quick Catchup
I've been painting gloss work at home; door frames galore and literally mile upon mile of skirting - or so it seems. I've also grown increasingly annoyed, irritated and badmouthed at a new laptop. A new laptop that won't connect wirelessly to the net. I've tried so many 'IT solutions' but it still won't OBEY … Continue reading A Quick Catchup
Margaret’s Cows
The other day, I was enjoying a mug of Earl Grey in the greenhouse, doing a spot of watering and listening to some tip-top pop tunes on my headphones. Singing away to myself I didn't hear that I had company. It was only some movement, caught out of the corner of my eye, that made … Continue reading Margaret’s Cows
Priory Picture Post # 11
When not working at the Priory, my commute to work is a drive through the South Downs National Park. It has to be one of the loveliest of drives, through woods and fields; past flint built farmhouses and cottages and a Saxon church in a nothing-happening village; under a great arc of sky with tantalising … Continue reading Priory Picture Post # 11
Greenhouse Update
I don't grow a great deal of veg at the Priory (given the size of the place) and I don't post much about it either. Courgette plants with sweetcorn behind There are so many really good veg blogs out there such as Karen's and Trevor's - that I tend to leave to them, and others, … Continue reading Greenhouse Update
The Anxious Gardener 