The pitcher plant has been a huge success with a consummate appetite for all flying insects – houseflies and bluebottles are a favourite delicacy.
It has doubled in size since being purchased at Helmingham Hall in May and sent up new shoots to accommodate a feeding frenzy.
It is …More»
Captains Log – Saturday 7th June.
My Saturday morning ritual has just been thrown by the prediction of a months rainfall in a single hour. I generally like to go for an hours river bank wander while little miss Forté is off pony riding, it’s a habitual attempt to right the wrongs of the …More»
A warm sunny May Day with gusting winds. We headed for the famous Helminghall Hall plant sale and enjoyed a Grand Day out, mooching around the stalls, a picnic in the garden, followed by a gander around the moated Tudor Hall dated to 1480 complete with drawbridges and water …More»
My very Favourite Tree. Why, because as a boy I can remember (from 6 or 7) I would hear the Autumn storms sweep in and be anxious to get out in the morning and scout the ground collecting conkers. I would watch fascinated as bigger boys would hurl large sticks high into the tree …More»