veggie plotting...happy days

Here is the garden which was full of beer hops and large bushes, Tom and I got to work on sunday and replanted most things to the top of the garden to make room, Here I have planted my first Rhubarb plant in an old chimney pot, which encourages it to grow to the light...you can only harvest after a year so this one won't be ready until 2012... I am waiting on a wheel barrow load of cow poo from the farm to spread on teh soil before planting the seeds....
Here are my new shelves outside our back door, lots of pots and rust...oh and heaps of brown string to come!!!

Time for tea...and frangipane treats

Frangipane's are my guilty pleasure at the moment, the best one I have found in Bath is from "the Loft"...the ultimate in afternoon tea -I have been with my friends twice this week... Today I am at home and been getting tips from my cousin Steve the Baker about cooking them, he says to make sure the oven isn't too hot, and you can pretty much throw all ingredients in the mixer....

Dig in..

I have been meaning to write this post for a while now, but with the English winter and me not finding the time to get out there and start pruning - I have started Veg plotting now the spring is comeing... With the over grown beer hops,brambles and other rubbish I am planning to grow fruit and vegetables..

Firstly I need to rotovate it, and that means dig all the soil and get the worms churning it up, Tom will need to bring me back a sack of Cow manure from the farm and that will give the soil lots of richness...

dreaming of a shepherds hut

I haven't updated my blog for a few weeks as I have had a list as long as my arm with my current projects... and DIY home improvements... I've been dreaming of a shed ever since we moved house, Tom say's we have too many rooms in the house as it is, but that's not the point, I couldn't think of anything more cosy than one of these in the garden with a log burner,we could make our cheese toasties on a sunday night on!

Tales of a narrowboat

Dad and Mum's travels down through the Bath flight, they met a lovely couple who were holiday-ing from North East , Maryland is a small, old (by US standards) town at the very top of the Chesapeake Bay.In the words of my father "Skip & Janet" made his Christmas", as he was very pleased to receive the envelope on the morning of Christmas Eve of these photo's who were sent from America. He hasn't stopped showing people the pictures and telling them the story of how it all came about. Christmas day we had the Atlas out on the kitchen table trying to pin point where North East, MD was exactly. Luckily enough my brother's father-in-law was over from Texas for the holidays and knew that MD stood for Maryland which narrowed it down!!!

Winter picnic

Toasting your own crumpets..... What can get better than this picnic..

Guilty pleasures

Cosy days in when it's cold outside, after all our guests left for christmas and new ones to arrive for new years
messing around with my new camera..
Making Gin con tonic's
couple of smelly dogs....