Category: beach

  • 2021 – September

    2021 – September

    Some lovely warm weather at the start of the month. We made the most of it. Lots of viisitors and trips out too. Back at home, we took delivery of some nice outdoor furniture (and tested it too). It gave Andrew a new job – oiling all of the teak. The benches are to be […]

  • 2021 – August

    2021 – August

    Visitors, and holiday activities kept us busy for most of this month. And the weather was mostly kind, in fact it’s beginning to be very dry in the garden. Fine for me, but some of the new planting is looking a little sad. It’s not all fun and games though. We did get some work […]

  • 2021 – July

    2021 – July

    The month started with some glorious weather, so we awarded ourselves a holiday, and spent the hottest days on the beach. Even the wildlife was getting in on the act with cinnabar moth caterpillars joining me on the deckchair. But it’s not all fun and games, there’s still work to be done! In other news… […]

  • 2021 – June

    2021 – June

    After the miserable weather in May the sun finally came out to play. And finally time for the long planned revamp of the outbuilding we call ‘the barn’ (A bit grandiose, but not sure what else to call this large structure) This was a major undertaking, and involved us bringing in a foreign worker from […]

  • 2020 – December

    2020 – December

    Another quiet month here. Not too much happening in the garden, as the weather was quite frosty and there was Christmas to look forward to. I did make a start on pruning the fruit bushes though. And Helen helped me replace the arch which had fallen when the main support tree died and most of […]

  • 2020 – August

    2020 – August

    Hello and welcome to the first post at the new home for the blog. The format hasn’t changed, it’s still a monthly post of general progress, and lots of pictures. One experimental change is how the pictures are shown. The previous method I used is not available with this new host. So for now only […]