My Quiet Life in Suffolk

 The March Full Moon tonight  seems to have  had lots of names in history- the Plough Moon, Lenten Moon, the Worm moon - when worms emerge, ...

Way back in 2021 (you can see it here) , before I moved here to the bungalow,  I did a post about Silver Birch trees using the pages from th...

 The very small Winter Jasmine growing on the trellis behind the three Minarette apple trees is flowering - very early, so the flowers are t...

Autumn colours.  We don't get the huge range of oranges and reds that can be seen in the US, usually just yellows and browns as the leav...

 Today is the beginning of the two busy birthday months, (and there was DiL's at the end of last month too) some just birthday cards, ot...

 When I first moved here I bought some perennials to add to the borders but that was before I knew that nothing does well in this garden. Th...

 ....................from this week. Haven't had flowers in for a while, it's been so dry there are a shortage in the border but the...

At the smallholding we never needed to pay for a garden waste bin as we made loads of lovely compost with the chickens and the goats and the...

 Eventually I got around to opening my seed packet storage tin to see what I needed for this year. I can never get up much enthusiasm for ga...

 The weather this week doesn't look very exciting. See the row of little grey clouds? Trying to find a plus and the only thing I can see...

 I thought the nearest car-boot sale had finished a few weeks ago when the ground was really soggy but the dry weather over the last two wee...

The Olympic part Summer of Sport 2024 has nearly finished - what will I do now?  Have to wait for the Paralympics coming along on the 28th. ...

 Seven foot tall and appearing where no Hollyhocks have appeared before. These are out in the front border.  I've frequently tried to in...

Despite me never intentionally growing or sowing them here, a couple of years ago one foxglove appeared in a strange spot, right outside the...

 The Ceanothus on my header(known as Californian Lilac elsewhere) was completely buzzing on Sunday morning when I filled up the mealworm fee...

 Odd weather this week. Cold sometimes then mild  then wet  sometimes, then everything all at once. Floods have gone off the roads but I cal...

 My big pots had been standing outside and the rain had cleaned some but  I got them done properly on Monday morning after I'd done a bi...

 Sorry I didn't reply to all comments yesterday. I think the rain affected the wifi connection as everything went slow. Typical! was my ...

 ..................already.................and the 2023 Strictly Come Dancing launch show is on TV tonight so we know it's Autumn. This ...

 For reasons I don't understand, my Red Hazel bush (bought in a pot from a plant sale in May '22) which had put on good growth this ...