Peach Cases Compared

The Ingersley Hall (Savio House) walled garden peach case

The Tatton Peach Case

The timber detailing in our Ingersley Hall walled garden structure appears finer than at Tatton.  Simon Tetlow Head Gardener at Tatton thought from the above photographs that ours might be quite old, possibly moved to or remade in its present position.  Based on the brickwork that ours leans against I had thought late Victorian, but it may have leant against something else previously.  Simon thought the lack of a lower opening vent in ours might suggest that in its present form our structure was not set up for growing peaches.  Thanks to Simon for letting us in at Tatton today, as the peach case there is not generally open to the public. 

Three Months Ago Today........

It was a wilderness.....

picture taken 28th January 2012
see also the 'before' picture
with the 20th April 2012 'cold frames' post

Bees

The beehive, set up just outside the garden yesterday evening.

They have been moved here from Chelford,

where they were holidaying on the oilseed rape.

The bee cause is of great interest to the gardeners,

but flowering trees are the main source of pollen

at the moment rather than flowers.

Raised Bed

A new raised bed

Saturday Morning Panorama

A snapshot from Janet's 360 degree panorama taken today

For the whole thing, see

http://360.io/R7Lkgr

Also, the first potatoes are coming through!

Cold Frames

Covered and in use

As they were on 28th January 2012

Garden Path Improvements

Assessing the wreckage of what was once a path

The flags reset a few hours later

Working on the garden infrastructure today were
Angela, Brian, Dave T, John, Raph, Sue and Tom