Veg garden update August 2023
Annual review of the first year of #nodig veg gardening at Bossiney Court in North Cornwall. What’s worked and what’s failed. Continue reading Veg garden update August 2023
Category: gardening
Everything, Everywhere all at once
That’s how it feels at Bossiney Court right now. After a winter where it felt like nothing was happening, and when we had some anxious and stressful moments trying to decide how much to compromise on our planning application, finally in January we received the notification that our plan had been approved and we could … Continue reading Everything, Everywhere all at once
New year, new discoveries
After an ideal amount of rest and socialising, I picked up my gardening trowel again today and headed out in the woodland for some excavating. We have heard from several local people that there is generally a gorgeous display of snowdrops in the woodland around this time of year. We’ve seen snowdrop-like leaves emerging from … Continue reading New year, new discoveries
Social life, house progress and chilly weather
Recent developments at Bossiney Court, including the installation of a woodburning stove and the beginnings of the vegetable garden. Continue reading Social life, house progress and chilly weather
Proto-prepping
I’m late with the blog this week, partly because we’ve been busy with visitors and socialising, but also because I’ve been struck by one of my all-too-frequent bouts of depression. The news regarding the state of our climate is so awful I won’t attempt to regurgitate any of it here. Sometimes I am filled with … Continue reading Proto-prepping
Odd jobs
I spoke too soon in my last post. We’ve hit a snag in our planning application process and need to go (somewhat) back to the drawing board with our extension proposal. Not entirely unexpected, but obviously it slows us down from beginning work on the house. While we work with our architect and the planning … Continue reading Odd jobs
Walled Garden Inspiration: Boath House
We’ve been on holiday to Scotland, visiting Nairn for my mother’s 80th birthday. For a change, I decided to book us into a hotel. I had always wanted to visit Boath House, in Auldearn, but had never gotten round to it. When I discovered that it was dog friendly, and there were rooms available, I … Continue reading Walled Garden Inspiration: Boath House
Planning the veg garden
One of the things we always planned to do when we found our forever home was to become somewhat self-sufficient with veg and fruit. I say “somewhat” because I’ve had an allotment before and discovered how challenging self-sufficiency really is. The allotmenteers next to me were pretty much self-sufficient, but they were also ruthlessly efficient, … Continue reading Planning the veg garden
Seeking inspiration
Taking on a large house and garden restoration project is quite intimidating, and from the start I knew we wouldn’t be able to do it alone. Carl and Roxy, two of the hardest-working gardeners I’ve ever met, have cleared the walled garden at the front of the house; peeling back decades of neglect to reveal … Continue reading Seeking inspiration
Getting to know our trees
When we decided to buy this place, we didn’t commission a survey of the buildings, but we did fork out for a survey of the trees. With the house, there was so much wrong a survey would have been largely pointless; the roof is threadbare and collapsing, the interior is a horror show (more of … Continue reading Getting to know our trees
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