A new day and a new domain name! Now a 'proper' site and an address that is hopefully easier to remember - and fit on a business card!

The sunlight is streaming in through the windows earlier, the evening light is lasting longer, buds are appearing on bare plants and shrubs and the days are becoming slowly warmer. Part of me wants to kindly inform the daffodils to go back to sleep but most of me now enjoys the change in the seasons as we gently glide towards Spring. Seed planting is recommended from February onwards for some and do online seed catalogues are now my go-to online experience. Nature waking up i

Wishing all visitors and those who have signed up a very merry, peaceful Christmas and may 2026 find you perfectly preserved

28th November - After months of waiting, the day has finally arrived to decant the Sloe Gin made from foraged sloes in and around the country lanes of Cirencester. It always has such a beautiful, ruby colour and tastes delicious - neat is my favourite. How do you like it?

Autumn is now well and truly with us with colder temperatures and those wonderful colours that make this country so beautiful at this...