Went up to look at the bunny den at the top of our garden.. have thrown a few things in to try and deter them, some large clods of earth and a few large rocks. But they have dug them all out and little stranger, where we have planted a few dozen lavender plants in […]

London Road Regeneration

The Open Market area in Brighton is part of London Road Regeneration…more and the original market was established by returning WW1 serviceman The market is run as a social enterprise and the 12 studio workshops include ‘Open Arts’ that provides therapeutic support and social enterprise opportunities to people with Asperger’s, Autism and Learning Disabilities through […]

Open Market – Like Tea?

We dont sell at the Open Market any more but first time we had a stall there, impressed that this new market housed many permanent small businesses, open studios upstairs (there is a lift in the corner – looks a little like getting into a white tardis) and traders like us on the big floor […]

Herefordshire Herd at Sullington

Herd of Herefords at the bottom of South Downs We grew up with a pet Hereford cow called Curly, so for me this is a field of Curly’s Our Curly had long and happy life in her own field and apple orchard and once got drunk stealing apples from the trees. She had a wry […]

Brighton and Lewes Downs Unesco Biosphere

Brighton and Lewes Downs are now a UNESCO World Biosphere site (Ditchling is included) UNESCO have included the Brighton & Lewes Downs internationally recognised for: We are the first completely new World Biosphere site established in the UK for almost 40 years, the first ever in south-east England and one of only a handful worldwide […]

Pevensey Bay

On our way home, we were looking for the road that runs past Pevensey Castle and took a wrong turning and found our way down to the beach at Couden, very old fashioned seaside beach. We drove along very small single track road between the sea and Pevensey Levels on our way, many sheep […]

Hang Gliding – Devils Dyke – Truleigh Hill

Driving along the road underneath the Downs where it turns off at Poynings and winds past the ‘Shepherd and Dog’, Springs Salmon and onto Edburton and Tottingham manor, looked up and saw beautiful sight – swooping and spiraling with the thermals around Truleigh Hill.

Handmade Wooden Plant Labels

When its been windy and been windy a lot this winter, we go out and look for fallen wood and cut/split branches then sand and burn on the name of plant/vegetable. We can make to order, just email us what you want. Our wooden plant labels are solid and easy to see in the ground. Handmade Wooden […]

Cyclamen

mackeral sky

the feeling you get from a top of a hill when you almost cant see over but you know the other side is the sea

the first day

Our small fourlegged friend has made his home in a large toy mouse in our kitchen, loves his food and hides to get more… long car journey back was amazing – he was completly calm except playing some sort of miaowing game – guess people passing by may have wondered. Drove back over the Dartford […]

Summer

Litlington White Horse

Looking for a breeze and cool air on a heavy humid day, we drove down to the sea near Sevan Sisters country park – looking down on the oxbow river there, think is one of the sevan wonders of Sussex – althou heard this is going to be let go and left to nature to claim it back. […]

Beehives

Sunset

Yesterday driving home over the downs, sun setting, the lower part of the horizon flooded firey red with deep blue, purple wispy clouds underneath a pale blue evening sky trees in the distance small silhouettes on the top of the hills against the deep red saw people besides the road taking photographs but know sunsets like […]

Tag: south downs

Dew

Heart

Sussex Badgers

Touch of frost

Piglets

Bunnys