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April in the Ednovean Farm Garden

April 27, 2015

Tulips and formal topiary in Cornwall
The tulips have been a joy this month appearing reliably again each year.

As April flaunts the last of her spring credentials, the hotly anticipated Tulips have at last faded in our entrance at Ednovean Farm. The last of the silky white petals falling just as the first plump buds of the Irises emerged. Spring is dead long live the spring and on with the show!

The other evening I heard the unmistakable chee-weep of a returning house Martin and was rewarded the next day when I watched five of them twisting and turning low over the clover in the front field, so  to feast on the insects after their long flight from Africa.  It always gives the days a little lift to see that they have survived and returned to Cornwall. We tend to sit on the edge of the lawn on summer evenings, sometimes with a glass of wine and watch their last flight of the day as they swoop low over the garden. . The first of the summer visitors have arrived and they are oh so welcome after their long perilous flight.

The Mediterranean style Courtyard
Agaves and topiary have spent the witner under the warm courtyard walls
Cats enjoying the spring sunshine
Spud and Louis enjoying th evening sunshine
Black tulip
Queen of the night
Primroses in a cornsih garden
The beautiful simple flowers of spring have brought tnemselves to grow in the garden

 

But back to work in the garden and this month I spent several long afternoons dead heading the daffodils and developed a new admiration for the daffodil pickers that work in the flower fields of Cornwall as I bent and picked faded bloom after faded bloom. Now I must wait for five or six long weeks until I can finally strim the fade foliage as they finally retire to the warm womb of the soil to wait for another spring.

Gravel border
A sunny afternoon in the gravel border that flanks the Italian Garden
Lusciuos spring growth
Echiums are springing up around the garden now
Formal garden
Through the hedges in the Italian Garden a flash of blue
Cat in the hedgerow
I found Spud snoozing in a patch of faded grasses

With an eye to Summer I’ve topped up the compost in most of the pots of Geraniums to perk them up as they start to flower after surviving the winter outside and I’ve even had to start watering them after the long dry spring

Sub tropical planint in a sheltered garden in cornwall
Echiums and Date Palms within sight of the sea

This month has seen a step up in the battle against Ivy particularly after the monster plant that has taken charge of the front of the house and it has been tracked down ruthlessly elsewhere in the garden in its lawless pursuit of clambering over garden walls and loosening the slate tops.

The first of the Echiums has burst into flower along with a competing cast of extras around the garden It’s a sure sign that Summer is now firmly on the way.

Parterre and fountain
The parterre in the courtyard garden at Ednovean Farm
Ednovean FArm 17 C barn
Early morning sunshine catching the new growth
Cat in topiary pot
Spud cat gaurding the front door

 

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About Christine Taylor

Christine has written a weekly blog about life at Ednovean Farm and interesting places to visit in West Cornwall for over ten years now, concentrating on those off the beaten track places that only the locals find.

Charles and Christine Taylor have hosted Luxury Bed and Breakfast at Ednovean Farm Nr Penzance in West Cornwall since 1991 and live there with three cats and five horses, including a Spanish Stallion called Danni.

Ednovean Farm has been awarded AA five star gold for Bed and breakfast and is included in The Michelin Guide and The Alastair Sawday Guide .

The Farmhouse and gardens has been featured in BBC Homes and Antiques, Homes and Gardens. Period Living and 25 Beautiful Homes as well as being used as a film and photo shoot location.

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