A week ago there were only buds on my climbing roses entwined up a row of pillars. Then, as if in a celebration of the beginning of June, blooming roses covered the first wooden pillar. Glorious large pink roses. Most of my strawberry plants are still flowering or just beginning to form fruit, but I found some […]
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This week my posts will all be about my garden. We live right in the middle of the West Sussex countryside. Our house is on a hill overlooking a valley with fields surrounded by woodlands. Our garden is perfect for wild ones, whether my children, flowers or animals. So I had to celebrate my garden with a
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We made a detour to the pond at Wakehurst Place in Sussex this week to see if there were any young ones newly on the loose. And, yes, there we found Mother Goose and her goslings. Theo was rather pleased that he also found one of her feathers. Of course he had to bring it home
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Since nature has waved its green magic wand across the countryside, I’ve regularly headed off with my twins Luce and Theo for walks in the woods near us. On our latest adventure, I handed them each a bag telling them we were going on a woodland scavenger hunt. Let kids choose what nature treasure to collect
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All month I’ve been drawn to a rosemary bush in our garden. It’s covered in beautiful small lavendar coloured flowers. And I kept wondering what should I do with them. Perhaps dry them or add them to some lotion or oil? When I realised they’re edible and just as tasty as the leaves, if not sweeter, I
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It’s very rare to see a dormouse but now we have two in our house. Not the real furry ones, but wood ones that Luce and Theo made. When I think of these little mammals, the image of the sleeping dormouse in Alice in Wonderland instantly pops into my head. Luce and Theo not only
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