On my recent quick visit to my parents in Hampshire, UK, we did a walk from St Cross to Winchester along the River Itchen with Mum (89) and Dad (93) followed by a walk up St Catharine’s Hill on my own to do the mizmaze ;)
Video of Winchester from St. Catharine’s Hill:
It’s only taken me two years to blog about the garden at Teeny Weeny Farm, a permaculture inspired market garden in the teeny village of Dyke in Morayshire in North East Scotland, not far from Findhorn!
Today FB told me my visit was already two years ago…so I decided to do something about it. The garden was relatively young when I visited but packed with interesting plants intermingled with plants being grown by Kirsty Reid for her cut flower business (many are edimentals!). I was told that her partner permaculturist Chris Johnstone was in charge of the fruit trees and berry bushes!
From my talk at Teeny Weeny Farm with a load of Findhorn luminaries!
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Earhways and Ludwig Appeltans (now on the Isle of Skye)
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Findhorn’s Forest Garden
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Bike ride to Findhorn
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Craige Gibsone at Findhorn
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Sitting quietly working in the garden and there’s always something new that happens…see here!
Early ripe blackberries (bjørnebær) and plums (sviskeplommer)….will be overripe or rotten by the time I return from my trip to England, Ireland and Hurdal! So, I’ve dried those that are ripe!
I don’t have to wake up in the middle of the night to see the sunrise, now at around 6 am!
What to do with the present glut of courgettes (aka zucchinis / baby marrows)? Once dried, they taste slightly sweet raw!
Painted lady on old man’s beard this morning ! (Tistelsommerfugl på tysk klematis)
I’ll once again be inviting Trondheim Climate Festival (Klimafestivalen i Trondheim) to hear about and witness climate friendly vegetable growing in my garden this Thursday (6th September)…tickets are still available via https://trdevents.no/en/event/hagebesok-hos-stephen-barstow/2018-09-06
The last two years, both garden tours sold out, so be quick! Here’s a picture from last year’s event:
