What an amazing winter we have had - rain, rain and more rain so that our fields were bog-like and the sheep were drenched but only 2 days of snow.
The children in Cherry Tree Cottage- now long let to give us a bit less work- had a marvelous time.
I think this fat chap deserves a prize- well done girls. Pity about the Manchester City scarf though!
And then just as suddenly the crocuses were over and the daffodils have appeared together with my prized camellia- a 70th birthday present.
If you look very carefully in the foreground you will see the fading snowdrops. Last year, in a fit of madness, I decided to order 1,500 snowdrops to carpet the area below the Old House.
What a backbreaking job!!- but I have been rewarded by quite a few appearing- next year should be even better according to the snowdrop experts.
This is the stumpery! A fatal visit to Prince Charles' Highgrove House and gardens 2 years ago made me have delusions of grandeur and the mini-stumpery is the result. The hens loved it so I have had to put chicken netting over the bulbs to protect them but they seem to find their way through.
I love our misty early mornings when all you can hear are the birds and then the sun breaks through.
The rockery planted in 2000 has really matured nicely and gives colour all winter.
We do sit in the gazebo in coats when there is a nice, sunny winters day.
Spring cleaning chaos!
Our loyal, regular guests will enjoy, I hope, the new Sandersons Vintage curtains in the bedroom- Nic says I always have to have flowers- and I suppose he is right- but he found these after we had trawled through hundreds of samples so it was a joint decision this time.
We have been extra busy this winter and oil-fired central heating has been installed in our house and through into the Old house to give extra heat .
We have also had state of the art WiFi put in as our reception in the Old House fluctuated frustratingly. It is still slow when everyone else is using it but a huge improvement. I see they are improving connection in the South East - wish they remembered us here in the hills!
I took this view while cleaning the windows as the garden is just starting to come alive.
And in a few days time the lambs are due, so Spring really is here.
If you look very carefully in the foreground you will see the fading snowdrops. Last year, in a fit of madness, I decided to order 1,500 snowdrops to carpet the area below the Old House.
The rockery planted in 2000 has really matured nicely and gives colour all winter.
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