Sunday 23 October 2016

Juice

Apples harvested Saturday 22 October
Washed, pulped, juiced & pasteurised  at the Random Apple Co. Sunday 23 October
Result: 31 three-quarter litre bottles of apple juice

The fruit theme will continue in November as we plant 10 orchard trees








Tuesday 30 August 2016

Plum Production Line

What to do with a small share of about 20kg of Victoria plums...

Jeff and Tom competed with the wasps for this evenings harvest



Monday 8 August 2016

August Garden and Fruits of the Garden

The garden looking good


A bumper year for fruits

L - blackcurrant jelly with strawberries
Middle - redcurrant jelly
R - whitecurrant 'jamelly'  (put through a sieve rather than a jelly bag to remove pips) 
topped with redcurrant jelly




Saturday 23 July 2016

High Summer in the Garden

Fruit cage by the east wall

A heavy crop of red and white currants
Seed heads of bolted leeks left for pollinators
Faded poppies

Friday 8 July 2016

Saturday 2 July 2016

Poppy

Our first red poppy of the year came into flower
100 years and 1 day after the start of the Battle of the Somme


Sunday 19 June 2016

Taming the Wilderness

In the garden during the past few days have been Bridget, Catherine, Fiona, Jeff, Sue and Tom

What for the wilderness beyond the veg beds?
A walk through fruit trees, a pond....

A yellow iris was hidden amongst the nettles and rosebay willow herb


Saturday 28 May 2016

The Garden ...... and Beyond

In the garden today were Sheila, Tom and Fiona

Over half the garden is now under cultivation.....


The remainder is being cleared and will be landscaped
as a leisure space for the enjoyment of the Salesians and their visitors


   

Tuesday 17 May 2016

Owls!

(this is the 100th blog post)

Two tawny owls were seen in the garden by Sue and Tom today - too quick for the camera


Saturday 30 April 2016

May Day Bank Holiday Weekend

Spending a wintry morning between the garden and the shelter of
the garden shed were Bridget, Jeff and Tom






Saturday 16 April 2016

Snow was forecast.....

...but no snow came to spoil gardening today for Tom, Fiona, Bridget, Sheila, Jeff and Lindsay


Thursday 14 April 2016

Spring Sunshine


Enjoying warm sunshine today were Bridget, Lindsay, Tom and Fiona


Friday 4 March 2016

Winter Wonderland

Thinking twice about early planting.....

The Daffs are in shock!