August 2, 2023 by gfreedman2013 - 0 comments

Correction- should read Mead and Cider. It certainly has a kick!

The bottles are now in the barn and will be offered to our expected weekend guests

August 2, 2023 by gfreedman2013 - 1 Comment

In between the rain we managed a Wednesday walk

A silly face! Click below for a field of ripe wheat waiting to be harvested

I came home to find that Jeremy had been bottling the mess and cider so we had to sample it

August 1, 2023 by gfreedman2013 - 0 comments

Oh how lovely

The ducks have moved into the floating duck house and…..

The chicks are snuggling up under mum

August 1, 2023 by gfreedman2013 - 0 comments

Butterflies and Buddleja

Also called the butterfly bush because they attract so many butterflies

This Meadow Brown spread its wings on the laurel bush

The bees like buddleja too

A Comma butterfly above. Click below for the Red Admiral

August 1, 2023 by gfreedman2013 - 0 comments

Done!

August 1, 2023 by gfreedman2013 - 0 comments

What to do with “large courgettes” and windfall apples?

Marrow chutney maybe?

July 31, 2023 by gfreedman2013 - 1 Comment

After a rare outing to the cinema to see the film Oppenheimer …..

I looked with wonder at the sky as we drove home. I was thinking about the destructive power that brilliant minds can unleash on our beautiful world

July 31, 2023 by gfreedman2013 - 0 comments

Not much sun but plenty of flower

And below – here come the butternut squashes

July 31, 2023 by gfreedman2013 - 0 comments

A walk after breakfast – a Monday morning treat

I showed my friend the “field beans” on a nearby acreage

These are sold to Egypt where they make a popular breakfast dish called “ful Mesdames” click below for more about this

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ful_medames

If the beans are of poor quality they are used here as animal fodder. On our walk we came across pretty, wild flowers

Musk Mallow and self seeded Borage

Red Bartsia

July 30, 2023 by gfreedman2013 - 1 Comment

Fabulous enamel jewellery.

My friend and visitor made these gorgeous enamel pieces for me

Commissions accepted!

Is this Nigel?