Good morning! this is a bit of a catch up post as I've been away and having a bit of time off this week. And what does a dedicated gardener do on her holidays? Lie by a pool and relax? No she goes all the way to Cambridge for a work related cereals show with her lucky partner! Actually there was much there of interest for me and in particular I was overjoyed to see all the big companies promoting the sowing of wild flower belts between the arable fields, not only does this create wild life habitats it also supports our bee populations who in their turn amount to 22 billion euros worth of pollination a year, so well worth the effort. There was also suggestions for farmers to rotate with flowers to harvest for bird seed as an alternative crop, a big improvement on the current mono- culture if only every three years. Many thanks also to Fengrain for the best hot beef buttie and glass of Pimms I've had in a long while, provided with the luxury of a shady umbrella on what was a boiling hot afternoon.
Back at Norton Conyers last Monday we were tied up with the usual business of mowing and weeding, making the garden as trim as possible for the yellow book opening this Sunday, so if you are in the area please go along and support this most worthy cause. You will be rewarded by the sight of the main border growing more beautiful by the minute!
"If you can look into the seeds of time, and say which grain will grow and which will not, speak then to me"
William Shakespeare Macbeth
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