Benmore Botanical Garden
Benmore Botanical Garden Just a few miles down the road from us on the Cowal Peninsula and in the Loch Lomond and the [...]
Whales, porpoise and seals
Whales, porpoise and seals Clyde Marine Mammal Project I have a terrible habit of constantly looking across the water. It is not a [...]
The Wind in the Willows
The Wind in the Willows Our little patch of Scotland called my garden has felt like the South of France for the past [...]
Banana Cake
Banana Cake Like the Glorious Apple Muffin cakes, I believe you cannot put too many bananas into this cake. The original recipe required [...]
The Productive Wormery
The Productive Wormery Our compost bins give us our annual harvest of ‘Black Gold;’ the magic dust, which we scatter over our raised [...]
The New Potting Shed
The New Potting Shed The new potting shed is superb, especially as all the materials were upcycled and the total cost of the [...]
Aunty Vicky’s Cheesecake
Aunty Vicky’s Cheesecake As children, my brother and I would sit in the back of the car, in the front passenger seat our [...]
Chicken Confusion
Chicken Confusion As you may know, I moved the chickens down to the bottom garden, and although I initially enclosed them, they have [...]
LIVE Cinema Season
LIVE Cinema Season We live in a remote area, and unless we want to drive around the hills, we need to take a [...]