Three Beeswax Candles in a Bag

Three Beeswax Candles in free drawstring Gift Bag

Kew in the Country

Visited this Garden this weekend and it was being set for a Wedding. Took my parents and my dad told us about Sir Henry Price the ’50 Shilling Taylor’ who was the last person to own Wakehurst before it was donated to the National Trust and then leased by Kew to be its Garden in […]

Sheep playing Possum

Early morning on the South Downs, not really sure what the two sheep in the middle are up to

Garden Fair – Cuckfield Park – Thursday 19th May

a mini Chelsea in the heart of West Sussex with over 30 specialist plant and local produce stalls at Cuckfield Park (not far from A23 in Cuckfield, Sussex) in aid of St Catherine’s Children’s Charity

Beneath the trees, fluttering and dancing in the breeze

Yellow Tardis and Storm Katie

Consider it lucky that latest storm happened at night time as there were 600 incidents overnight in one county that brought down ivy smothered trees across some roads, tracks and onto pylons and cut off electricity in a few wind howling hours with south westerly wind speeds of 106 mph on Isle of Wight. […]

Blue Downs

Shaloah Skincare and Mr Masey’s Emporium

Shaloah Skincare Mr Masey’s Emporium for the Beardy One Natural products that we have come across both rising local Sussex companies handmaking ranges of Natural Skincare and Beard products. Shaloah Skincare – Natural products without harmful chemicals Brilliant Beard Oil by Mr Masey’s Emporium contains Mandarin and Lime

sunday summer rain

Rose Hill Tavern, Brighton Sussex

The Rose Hill has been a pub since the 1870’s but it was bought by developers who wanted to turn it into luxury flats. “We have until October 2nd to raise the money to buy the pub. Community Asset status only provides protection from development for a year before another planning application can be […]

Sussex Prairies Gardens

Interesting garden open from June until 11th October (1 to 5pm) near Albourne in Sussex

Poached Egg Plants and visiting Bees

Sunrise Tree – m.joy

If you want my vote

To encourage us to vote for your party in future UK elections, solution is simple – please put money, resources and latest research to improve Mental Health services in the community – not just dumb people with pills that impact their physical health and shorten lives. Have at least one full time fully qualified CBT […]

Sussex Badgers

Snowflakes – m.joy

Touch of frost

Bunnys

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 […]

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 […]