a surprise frost.
This also means the sweet peas I am growing for my son's wedding and the asparagus are not progressing. This must have happened whilst we were away enjoying the beauty of Arisaig. We went to a garden near Port Appin called Druimneil House which is recovering from, what the owner described as, three disastrous winter storms with much damage. The house is in a lovely position and the garden interesting. The storm also brought down some old pines by castle Tioram changing the landscape dramatically.We visited Drummond Castle near Lough Earn on the way up - an amazing example of control freakiness with parterre and topiary all laid out with mathematical precision.
Nevertheless worth visiting.In Arisaig the oaks were just coming into leaf and astonishingly yellow, bluebells and primroses carpeted the woods and banks - as here with this view over to Rum and Eigg.
Earlier in the year we had been top Herefordshire and found this flowering cherry
- could have dug it up and taken it home.
The garden at home is filled with birdsong (and bunnies) (and Squirrels) (and woodmice) and so on.
R and I discussed what we will do when I can no longer manage the garden in its present size and came to the conclusion that we could separate off a lot of it with a fence and then just mow paths through it. In late August we could pay some one to strim and clear it - and, perhaps again in early spring?
Must go, sister and b-in-l here having breakfast and the wild birds need feeding.
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