Long Mizzle Garden

Bonjour mon petit jonquil! Got your cuppa? Let's go....Wow, what a difference one week makes. It really feels like spring has sprung. The question is, is it warm enough to sit bare bottomed on the soil yet?... certainly not, how dare you! The mornings are still a little frosty. Here's just one job I've been meaning to do all winter: sorting out the area by the playhouse. I wish I had taken a  'before' picture to go with my smug 'after' picture, as it was quite a mess! Nettles removed and bramble roots wrestled out, I laid weed membrane down and covered it with new bark shredding.   A landing area where the kids put their deck chairs, I have been instructed not to grow plants in this spot. This is where they natter to their friends at the bottom at the garden  (p.s. the friends sound made up, but they are indeed real). So, what to put there instead??? A wooden throne of course!!!   Voila! The Long Mizzle Throne, forged from seven pieces of fallen wood, co...

      Hello there, got your cuppa? Do come in...    In my last post, I mentioned I needed a potting shed ... well what about this handsome one? Alas, it is not mine. It can be found at Trevince Garden, Gwenap, Cornwall. When I found out this garden had two of my favourite things, a walled kitchen garden and a woodland garden AND was only a twelve minute drive away, I just had to visit. Large wooden orb On entering the garden, we were greeted with the heavenly smell of a Crepe Myrtle tree in flower. I  should have got a close up photo of its beautiful red peeling bark. Armed with a picnic, we opted for the 'Wilderness Walk' and followed the red arrows. There's a one way system in place due to Covid, but luckily my kids absolutely love a trail and a map. Woodland thrones - Wouldn't this be a great place to sit with a pipe, wild beard and sandals on a summer's solstice? After some action time tree climbing, we stopped to collect acorns under the majestic oaks....