Cherry Blossom

With a little bit of sun and the cherry blossom breaks out, making the view across the Durham countryside very special.


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The Sloe Blossom

The sloe blossom is plentiful, so all sign look good for a bumper crop. So this year should be a good year for sloe gin,


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Babbling Brook Turns Into A ---

As the rain continues the little babbling brook turns into an absolute torrent, not much fun for the animals. We are sure the rain will stop soon, and we can begin to get on with summer.

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The Cottage Garden Tulip

The tulips begin to appear, adding that distinctive class to any cottage garden.


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Wood Pigeon Makes A New Home

A friendly wood pigeon finds a new home, I think he has taken a shine to our peacock Penrose as he does like to follow him around our garden, not sure what Penrose thoughts are.

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Pheasant

Our local pheasant hides under a hedge. The pheasant is attempting to keep dry and out of the way of the April showers.

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Heaven Scent Honeysuckle

Heaven scent. The sweet smell of honeysuckle will tempt the birds and bees to your garden. One of the greatest joys of living in the British countryside is seeing the hedgrows come alive, one of the best addtions at adding a heady scent is the honeysuckle. The reason for the fruity scent is to attract months hence its increased power at night. The moths can detect th honeysuckle up to quarter of a mile away. A big advantage of the honeysuckle you do ot need a large cottage garden to grow one, it will do very well in a large pot on a  patio as long as it has a was to grow up. If it is a west facing wall even better.

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Pear Blossom Brightens Up Easter

The pear blossom makes its show just in time for Easter. When the pears begin to grow we will let you know and we will provide you with some recipes, pear chutney, pear and almond cake and maybe even a recipe for perry with the consistency very similar to white wine or champagne.

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Hens Lay Chocolate Eggs

Brilliant our hens lay chocolate eggs just in time for Easter. Can life get any better?


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The Virgin Balloon

The Virgin hot air balloon passes by our garden on a perfect clear blue sky day. What a magical way to take in the beauty of County Durham.

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The Perfect Eggs For Easter

The perfect eggs for Easter, is it possible to get any better than your own eggs from your own happy hens for the perfect Easter eggs.

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The Darling Buds Of April ?

The darling buds of April, the plum blossom is almost ready to burst open. A couple of days with warm sun and the tree will be full of colour. Lets hope some April frost does not damage the blossom or no fruit will follow.

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Japanese Maple Adds Colour

The Japanese maple adds the perfect bit of colour to any garden The Japanese is native to north east China, Korea and Japan. The  maple or acer palmatum has been cultivated since early in the 17 century. In Japan the are called Momiji, which means change colour. In their natural habitat they grow under larger trees in shaded areas, so do prefer to grow in partial shade.

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Common Toad Warms Up

The common toad or European toad. The spieces found in northern Europe is Bufo bufo bufo. As we move into spring the and it begins to warm up in County Durham the toad begins to make its move, and think about finding some food this normaly occurs at dusk and consists of woodlice,slugs,beetles, caterpilars worms and even small mice. Having no teeth, it swallows the mice whole with a series of gulps. These tasty meals helps the toad to grow to about 15cm in length with the female being a little larger. The toad usually moves by walking rather slowly or in short shuffling jumps. Any day now our toad will make off for the pond where he was born converging with many other males he will be there for several weeks before the females arrive although the females will just stay long enough to mate and spawn. The small tadpoles will hatch in about two to three weeks. Oh one important thing it has been long been said that if you touch a toad you will then have warts. I feel it is now time to put the record straight this is not true, warts are caused by the papillomavirus or shaking hands with a witch.

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