I don’t write about ornamental gardening as its really a sideline here at the moment.  We have always enjoyed creating ornamental gardens but have more passion for the productive garden plot. That being said I’m a sucker for anything related to a daisy!  As water is such a scarce commodity for us we have quite [...]

[ad#co-1] I came on line this morning full of the joys of birds singing, sun shining, washing drying and generally feeling a lot less cold and damp than of late.  Then blow me down the little weather widgetty thing D put onto the internet home page shows possible snow and a drop in temperature by [...]

[ad#co-1] Just a quickie to share my disappointment… Well we had it all planned a big trip into town.  Smart town clothes (ie without mud or dog hair attached) were donned, gas bottles loaded, car bump-started and off we set down the mountain. Well the ‘gas guy’ was parked by the river as usual and [...]