Long Mizzle Garden

 Hello m' stray pickles, Firstly, thank you so much for all the good luck messages last week! It was very sweet of you. Monsieur calls it my 'most favourite day of the year' - The Falmouth Spring Flower Show. Although technically it is on all weekend. The transportation was the greatest challenge this year as the weather had decided to blow a gale on the Friday hand in. As I opened the boot of the car, the paper flowers on my youngest kid's exhibit took wild flight across the car park. A frantic chase ensued, my green mac whipping me in the face. Even before this, I'd managed to break my constructed floral headpiece the night before. Luckily Gorilla glue came to the rescue. To top it off I spectacularly toppled a pot in the car, in spite of granny driving at a steady 20 mph. An emergency in-boot re-pot was required! Above: ready to load up the boot Goodness knows how Tremough Gardens transported this tall cactus - Oh but how wonderful the show was when it opened on ...

 Hello m' luverlies, Well it has been a hive of activity here at Long Mizzle this weekend.  I popped to town yesterday morning to put in our Falmouth Spring Flower show entry forms at the library. There's no turning back now! This year I have entered four classes, with the kids entering a category each too.  Falmouth town library   In the afternoon, I made the most of the sunshine and cleared all the nettles and brambles by the playhouse. In the evening, I collapsed with a bedtime cuppa and some brilliant post-apocalyptic TV viewing - 'The Last of Us'. Protozoa under microscope If you thought Cordyceps (mind controlling fungus) were terrifying, take a look at what I had to step over at recently in one of the labs I help service... Protozoa - half animal, half plant.  They are able to photosynthesize!!!  I fear I may be infected. Of course it is mothers' day today, but there's no rest for the wicked. I managed to pop the washing out on the line, scrub the ba...

 Hello m' pink flying goblets, I'm sat here typing away on the ol' laptop, bottle of Lidl's cheap Buck Piss cracked open. The washing's in and it's just started mizzling. Five gangly necked swans have just flown past the the window. They are currently circling round once more before they attempt a jet ski propelled, belly flop landing in the creek.   I'd better get the tea on soon, so just a short post for today.  Some purple sprouting brocolli has been freshly picked from the vege patch. They will be lightly steamed and smothered in butter. I added some pink primrose flowers too, to try and create the illusion of  being 'reet sophisticated'. Did you know they are edible?! The little pot of yellow primroses will be placed on my bedside tea trolly. They smell like sweet honey. My sister in law kindly gave me the bamboo trellis. I shall have to find good use for it. It has been a wonderfully dry week, prefect for catching up on mountains of washing. Ea...

 Hello m' chirpy cheeps,   As usually happens after a half-term holiday, I've been busy with so many adventures with the children, I don't know where to start. For today's post I shall keep it simple with some pictures of the mid-February garden and a little cuppa update. This is the place that calms and grounds me after an exciting week... It really is a beautiful time of year. The mornings are filled with bird song and cups of tea. As the sun rises more and more daffodils and crocus emerge from the spongy, damp earth. Four out of my five Camellias are now in full bloom.         The neighbours' gardens are full of colour too -       Just beyond the purple broccoli patch, my carbooty camellia is growing up well - Tulips emerging beneath the hurdle over apple tree - The mid level path has been refreshed with new wood chip.  The wood chip bags had been sat for a while under the chopped down holly tree. Look at this interesting fungi that I...