Category Archives: Gardens

Spring? Anyone seen Spring?

Posted on April 10, 2018 by

  So it snowed today.  No accumulation…just snowflakes floating down all morning.  Sigh.  It is gray and raw and very unSpringlike and it is April!  A few brave little green sprouts are emerging but I haven’t even raked out the beds. … Continue reading →

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June Update

Posted on June 5, 2017 by

 So June arrived.  Not sure how that happened as it seems it was only early May a short time ago…when Fiona arrived.   It has been a busy time for us. There is Fiona, of course, who is always busy playing … Continue reading →

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Spring Projects…and a Pleasant Surprise

Posted on May 6, 2017 by

We have been home now for about two months.  Ireland seems a distant memory in many ways.  So what have we been doing?  We have been busy settling in, and we have been making a list of things we want to do … Continue reading →

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Fall Arrives!

Posted on October 3, 2016 by

At long last, summer appears to be over.  The cool crisp air of Autumn is arriving….we even had  a few rainy days!  Everything seems to be breathing a sigh of relief.  The few things left in the gardens are very happy! … Continue reading →

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The Gardens of Brookwood Shire …part 2

Posted on August 27, 2016 by

Summer.  This has been the hottest, driest summer I can ever remember.  The gardens are really struggling.  Add to that that I have not had time to tend them as I usually do and it is understandable that they are not as … Continue reading →

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The Gardens of Brookwood Shire….part one

Posted on August 22, 2016 by

A friend of mine said the other day, “Brookwood Shire is all about gardens.”  And so it is.  It was the gardens that inspired me to get hens…I kept reading how wonderful their poop was…how good they were for gardens..I didn’t expect … Continue reading →

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So We’re Off…

Posted on July 17, 2016 by

The girls are settling in to Whispering Pines Farm.  Carole reports that Beatrix has joined her new friends at least once.  How she got through the gate is anyone’s guess, but she did.  She is bolder than she has ever been … Continue reading →

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