Books For The Country Gardener

This is another page from the book that I had for Christmas - The Country Commonplace Book by Miranda Mills.

No idea of the criteria for the authors choices for these book lists but "The Potting Shed Murder" was rubbish! I only got a few pages in before giving up on it and it went back to the library straight away.

I've reserved the first on her list - Elizabeth and Her German Garden by Elizabeth von Arnim - from the library, it will be here next visit.  Morville Hours is one of those books that was everywhere when it was published but I've not read it or any of the others.

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The Church of St Mary, Framsden

A path from the village street crosses a bridge and then through this lych gate with lots of texts and carvings.

Unusually, the outside of the church is plastered and painted white on this side

In through the porch

Into the light church that has a South aisle. The nave isn't used for services, there is a huge curtain in the chancel arch and just the chancel is heated to use for the congregation.

It looks as if this old stove is sometimes used in the chancel to keep everyone warm but there were electric heaters too.

The old coffin bier and extra chairs stored in the south aisle

Like nearby Helmingham church there are many painted texts.

Very little stained glass, just  the red borders to some windows and a few pieces of older glass mixed in.

The pulpit and stairs to the long gone rood loft

These are what many people visit the church to see, probably damaged on purpose during the reformation

 Much more HERE on Simon Knotts' church site.

Thanks for comments yesterday, I think I'll resell the shelving, it's not going to last long outside with or without drainage and waterproofing.

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An Unwise Car Boot Sale Purchase?

It was back in 2021 that I found this plant stand from a car-boot sale for £20.

Since then it's been painted twice, had plants on and off and  seems to have been mentioned in 15 blog posts!

After it's new paint and update this was it in May last year.

It's tied to the trellis and is a bit rickety now, all the shelves are sloping forwards rather a lot but it's still just about usable and everything - mainly various succulents, survived the winter.

But when I spotted this at Stonham Barns car-boot sale on Sunday and the lady wanted £5 I bought it. It's very sturdy  and I thought it would be a good replacement................BUT it was only afterwards that I wondered if it is actually made for standing outside as it has solid shelves!

With no drainage on the shelves maybe it would be better to re-sell it as I'm sure it's worth more than £5.

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