Author Archives: Martin

Miles and Flo brought their new pup, Mabel, to meet Lucy.

This dragonfly was having a rest on a cotton shade in the roof of our greenhouse. I’ll go back later to see if he got out ok. 5:20pm: All clear. And embryonic dragonfly nymphs are “hatching” on nearby flag iris … Continue reading →

We haven’t walked around Ashton Court, a large estate owned by Bristol City Council but actually in North Somerset, since early March, due to you-know-what. Nice to be back. This view of the house shows warehouses and factories behind it … Continue reading →

It’s a race with the blackbirds! Sally has used some old net curtains (when did we ever have net curtains?) to protect a few branches of our cherry tree, but the rest have to be picked quickly to avoid avian … Continue reading →

About half an hour off high tide.

Now we are allowed to use cars to get to beauty spots, we didn’t really want to contribute to the chaos on the roads, but, as it’s Sunday, felt we should do something special. In the end, we did an … Continue reading →

Without the allotment we’ve had to use every area of the garden. Summer wouldn’t seem the same without home-grown courgettes, peas, beans, herbs, tomatoes, peppers, chard, currents, figs, strawberries, plums, raspberries, cherries, pears, rhubarb. I’ve forgotten some. All down to … Continue reading →

Apart from a few trips to local supermarkets, we haven’t driven anywhere for two months. It’s been quite nice in many ways.  But today we braved the outside world and went to Uphill, south of Weston-super-Mare, an old favourite of … Continue reading →

Too late for any residents this year, but I’ve amused myself by making a sparrow bird terrace out of some left-over decking.