THE LITTLE SEDGE UNDER THE OLD OAK
About where inspiration comes from Dear Reader, Beneath Grimsby’s last remaining old growth oaks, near the fairytale Grimsby beach homes, grows a partly shaded garden. Its steel blue and burgundy foliage, highlighted by white margins, display annually on a carpet of black mulch. But as enchanting as are the globe blue spruces, Japanese maples and […]
THE LONG AWAITED RETURN OF YELLOW WILLOWS
About seasonality, manual sod cutters and tea. Dear Reader, There is such a thing as the perfect day for cutting sod. I finally got a sod cutter the Saturday before last. A manual one – looks like an 1300’s plough with V-shaped handles, but instead of a share there’s a horizontal 12” blade attached to […]