Jan 152012
 

The first major garden task of the new year has been to trim off and remove last year’s growth from the wildflower meadows. The meadows are still in their infancy and a few parts are over-run with plants that I don’t want, like thistle and nettles. Each year, I will work on eradicating these unwanted plants. The meadows won’t really be at their best until the trees have matured. They grew little last year due to unfavourable growing conditions. I hope they have grown extensive root systems so that this year they can put on a spurt upwards. The main [Read more]

Dec 042011
 

Yesterday, I finally wrote a page for the Bracken House website documenting the landscaping project. Started in April 2010 and finishing in July of that year, the £100,000+ project transformed the overgrown land around the house into formal gardens, wildlife meadows and a large wildlife pond. You can see photographs of the project before, during and after by clicking here.