Ah goodbye September and with it the summer days as autumn calls and the year mellows. The autumn solstice – those mysterious harbingers of our year intoned by the weather men has passed us by and yet the life of the garden continues. This September the garden has continued to thrive here at Ednovean Farm, […]
Seasons in West Cornwall
Autumn days and sloe gin
Sloe Gin is a perfect winter or Christmas treat. Gather the autumn fruits now from the native hedgerows then follow our simple recipe for a warming drink to sip by the fireside.
Garden diary – July’s blousy days
Ah the blousy days of summer – those hot July days that fades into long summer evening. July’s days so full of promises and long forgotten dreams that you hope they will go on for ever.
June garden diary
June has marked the capricious zenith of summer in the garden at Ednovean Farm – it has been a month in which we have swung from gales to heat waves – until the summer solstice that arrived almost as a surprise. This month the magnificent Echiums that so intrigue our garden loving Bed and Breakfast […]
Glorious May in the garden
The glorious month of May and nature has woven a silken thread thorough the garden spontaneous reclaiming the carefully planned spaces with flamboyant mischievously places flowers as though she chose to sprinkle a little fairy dust across the landscape. The sea has never glowed as blue as it has this May, to make a perfect […]
Walking in natures garden – Land’s End
A walk along the dramtic cliff tops of Land’s End amongst the spring wild flowers
Reflections upon April in the Garden
It seems almost too late to reflect upon April in the garden now, as the season speeds through at a dizzying pace. The last of the narcissi that I photographed at the beginning of the month, are but a distant memory, as the apple blossom forms a delicate pale pink froth over the once bare […]
Our February garden, stealing a march on summer
The Italian Gaden was prepared for filming this month
Summer memories
Are you thought turning to summer memories now, as the last of the winter days give way to spring? Memories of warm, lush, days of delicious idleness; of summer days spent in Cornwall in an irresistible love affair between sea and countryside… Summer days when the leafy canopies of the trees cast shadows so deep, […]
Spring stirs in my winter garden
January 2017 Winter brings the white flash of a seagull’s wing against leaden skies and yet in the garden, spring is starting to stir as it comes back to life. The first bright Soleil d’Or Narcissi have burst into flower at Ednovean Farm in the wild garden with new ranks of Daffodil shoots pushing up […]