Local wildlife

I'm so cute.......

 Who knew that bees liked spearmint?................

All Change

So, some denizens of the garden have had a bit of a shock. The crocosmia "Lucifer" have found themselves hoicked out en masse....some moved round the the front of the house and some transported to Perthshire to join the tree peony in Ross' garden in Abernethy. Some are staying, but greatly reduced in number and moved backwards. The apple tree has had a bad few days........we were planning to move it anyway but it was then hit by a football from the playing-fields and almost flattened. It is now in its new position slightly further back but is looking most unhappy - hopefully it will have time to recover before the winter sets in, with lots of Carrie's beautiful home-made compost to help it settle.......very pleasing though to see that the purple clematis has seized the opportunity brought by clearing all the honeysuckle off it and is rocketing up the wall...............