Making cliches in the snow!

Every time it snows – which in truth isn’t all that often even in West Yorkshire – the temptation is … More

Ongoing Irises

To anyone who knows about the cultivation of Irises, this runs the risk of being seriously boring. I know very … More

I tried this sort of sequence of postings last year, and it all fell apart somehow . We’ll have another … More

I’ve never attempted to grow Hyacinths before. We’ve bought them of course, and enjoyed that wonderful scent, but this year … More

It was early March. The rain seemed finally to have stopped, a least for a while, and I decided, as … More

Different things, but with a definite biological link! We have in the garden the stump of an old apple tree … More

Kay and I spent a long weekend just north of Berwick, partly in celebration of her birthday. We know that … More

We’ve been to Scarborough many times, but this was in fact our first visit to the North Bay. Parking was … More

The weather conditions were bright and breezy and as we left after our reasonably early visit, the crowds were arriving … More

Thorpe Perrow is a rather fine arboretum near Bedale in North Yorkshire. It’s obviously a place with a history which … More