Gardening with Nature on the Edge of the Atlantic

Tag: dry-stone walls

  • Up the Walls

    23 May 2021 I have finally weaned the birds off their daily ration of bird food. It was easier than I thought. All I had to do was substitute the sunflower hearts I was providing with the cheaper mixed food and they showed their disdain by ignoring all but the sunflower seeds. I miss the…

  • A Rocky Start: Creating a Garden

    2 November 2020 The early years When I bought this property nine years ago, the site consisted of three acres of land used mostly for grazing and silage coupled with some small areas of mature trees. A long track took a straight path to the house at the top of the rise, so that not…