I am sure those eggs will be well worth the wait. I remember eating freshly laid eggs when I stayed in a cottage that was on a farm. That was a long time ago and it was a big family holiday with my parents, brother and nephews.

Thank you for your kind words

I know England well and stayed there for many years. I lived close to Audley End House which, from memory, had a walled garden very similar to those you have photographed.

I also recall some sheep and duck type creatures wandering about the joint. I have acquired four chickens in the last couple of weeks. Hen-houses have been constructed. They are super special, palatial chick accommodation. The hens have laid two eggs in the last ten days. Makes each one cost $250 dollars. I can’t wait
to sample them.

You can’t persuade me to read Katherine Swift but I will continue to read your musings.

Carry on putting a positive message out to the world. You have created a good, kind, uncomplicated blog, which lacks an agenda, making you pretty unique.

Thanks.

In the UK a garden usually has grass and flowers and maybe a few pathways. A yard is more concrete or slabbed over, maybe with some flowers around the edges.

I think if you enjoy the beauty of the place you live it will overcome the daunting task of those couple of acres. It is autumn in the UK and I really should be planting some spring bulbs but…. I seem to be out taking photos, enjoying the scenery, chatting to friends and… Well I think the garden can wait another year

I really will have to come up to speed on gardening writers.

I have just moved out of Sydney onto a couple of acres. It’s incredibly beautiful here and only an hour back to the city…but..I’m not a country girl. I don’t care about gardens. Or bees. Or Chickens.

But I’m here, courtesy of a back-to-the-land, dreaming, husband. So stick that in your pipe and smoke it, to any lurker, who might possibly have me pegged as a man hater.

Do continue to encourage my forays into the garden. It’s Spring and I should be planting! Or so I am told.