by Jkrisp | Jan 20, 2018 | Keep things running
We have closed the walk to do some major work on the path along the lower edge of the meadow as you head toward the woodland walk. A combination of the old victorian ceramic pipes being crushed, heavy rains and some poorly laid out drainage piping and...
by Jkrisp | Dec 10, 2017 | Gardens
Woke up this morning to a winter wonderland outside, the snow was fairly thick and went right down to the waterside which is unusual here. So although we managed to get the new lean-to finished the other day we now have the issue of the heavy snow covering the roof...
by Jkrisp | Dec 8, 2017 | Gardens, Greenhouse, Keep things running
Having finished the outer structure of the lean-to I began to build the shelf inside where we will start growing a variety of plants to be planted out along the walk and in the house garden. The initial plan was the there would only be plants on the shelf as...
by Jkrisp | Dec 7, 2017 | Greenhouse, Keep things running, Seasons
The winds started picking up yesterday and as it was getting dark I came back to the barn to lock up and found that the roof of our new lean-to was already loose and flapping in the wind. Unfortunately there was not much I could do but hope that overnight the damage...
by Jkrisp | Dec 5, 2017 | Seasons
This week mum and I went out to do a little maintenance on the path edges by the arboretum viewpoint and decided to cut some red dogwood and honeysuckle for making wreaths. Mum used to make wreaths all the time and I had never made one so was very excited to give it a...
by Jkrisp | Nov 25, 2017 | Keep things running, Seasons
As you may have noticed in our last post our whiteboard had a pretty big list of stuff to do so we are getting stuck in and trying to complete all the jobs before the weather turns. Sadly we decided that the raised salad bed at the back of the house just was’t...
by Jkrisp | Nov 20, 2017 | Flowers, Gardens, Seasons
We had a recently had a visitor who came to Rudha Mor and gave us some general advise and tips for the maintenance and development of the walk. As we were walking around she spotted a tree in the arboretum which looked a little unhealthy and she suggested that we cut...
by Jkrisp | Nov 11, 2017 | Flowers, Gardens, Keep things running
We started the week by finishing weeding the big bed at entrance to walk. Last year we dug up this whole bed and layered it like lasagna with cardboard, seaweed and compost. It was moderately successful but there were some spots where things didn’t grow so well...
by Jkrisp | Nov 7, 2017 | Gardens
Just outside the kitchen window are two bird feeders and every morning granny sits to watch the birds feeding and squabbling. We decided that this would be a great place for a new flower bed where granny could get a great look at it every morning. Having recently...
by Jkrisp | Nov 6, 2017 | Gardens
Sometimes you just have to pinch yourself living up here, not only is it amazingly beautiful in every direction but just building something from only ideas and possibilities is so freeing. Then you have to do the day jobs that seem to get more and more extravagant and...
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