by Christine | Mar 6, 2014 | Birds, Flowers, This Week in the Garden
Wildlife Garden – Disaster strikes. My worries about the Kestrel have been confirmed – yesterday afternoon a Kestrel zoomed around the house, flew into the window and landed on the path. It flew off after a few seconds with a small bird in its claws. My only... by Christine | Feb 28, 2014 | Flowers, Landscaping, Narcissi, Primulas, This Week in the Garden
Ornamental Garden – spring is finally in the air here at Fieldcrest. The snowdrops are looking beautiful, and the first daffodils are out. I usually plant the smaller varieties of Narcissi in the main garden as the leaves from the larger varieties are so... by Christine | Feb 24, 2014 | Flowers
by Christine | Feb 9, 2014 | Flowers, This Week in the Garden
Rain, rain and more rain! Will it ever stop? There are lots of jobs waiting to be done in the garden, but the constant rain is making everything so difficult. Luckily this week we have had two reasonable days which meant that a friend and her two boys could come and... by Christine | Apr 15, 2013 | Flowers, Tulips
Tulips from Amsterdam All of the family set off for Amsterdam last weekend, with the intention of going to the famous Keukenhof gardens outside Amsterdam. Sadly it was not to be because there were no tulips at the gardens. We decided not to go to Keukenhof, but stay... by Phil | May 15, 2012 | Brooms, Tulips
Brooms (Cytisus) have been flowering for some weeks now, the small pea like flowers emitting a sweet scent. The plants have green narrow whippy stems and are usually deciduous or semi- evergreen. Our native broom is Cytisus scoparius which grows about 6ft tall and has...