Caring for your workhorse…………..
Our hardworking AGA has been serviced this morning. I got the dates wrong and switched it off 24 hours too early. That was really quite good as it gave us the opportunity to really get it [...]
Medlars……………
The Medlar is indigenous to the British Isles and bears a fruit similar in taste to Quinces. It is quite bitter in and traditionally you don’t eat it raw until it is ‘bletted’ [...]
Golden nuggets!
It is quite remarkable how nature provides. Despite the drought. Above you see the quinces in flower very late after the cold spring they didn’t flower until May! By mid-July they looked [...]
A new beginning for Elm?
Earlier this year, in May when my sister was visiting from Denmark, we discovered a living elm, which was clearly not suffering from Dutch elm disease. I was very excited, thinking I have one of [...]
… and still the produce keeps coming!
Above you see a beautifully autumn prepared gooseberry bed! The before is below and as you can see not very attractive. But JB Snr. has worked very hard and diligently to ensure we catch up on [...]
A tour without seeing the Walled Garden….
Wallace Travel Group from Dublin today brought what is known as a familiarisation trip to Ballywalter Park. You could not have met a more charming group of Canadians who were here to better [...]