16/05/2016 The tiler managed to continue his work at last. We both did quite a lot of gardening.

Maximum temperature  19C, minimum  4C.  17km/h  SW winds.   Dry other than some dew.

Trying the wide angle lens - the front of our house - only one other house at the end of this road. The tilers van in the gateway.

The back of the house hidden by all the leaves now on the trees.

The tiling went well today, if the forecast is right work will continue tomorrow.

Azalea.

Daisy.

Chives plus a fly!

Lots of little flies on this calendula.

Tricolour viola.

Chard and leeks from the garden.

Broad Beans.

04/03/2016 Very rushed as friends coming to dinner tonight.

Maximum temperature 12C, minimum 2C.  73 km/h SW winds. 14 mm of rain measured this morning but we have had lots since.

Snowdrop.

Broad beans flower.

Best leeks we have ever grown this year.

Flower of rocket also known as arugula.

Rosemary.

This little chap is made from seeds and sits in our house :-)

I cheated, these photos were taken yesterday as I knew today would be rushed!

17/02/16 A walk around the frosty garden.

Maximum temperature 8C, minimum -3C,  17 km/h SE wind. Dry.

A frosty start to the day.

Mrs Sparrow....

Morning stretching exercises...

Mr Sparrow...

and Mrs checking the sky for birds of prey.

Snowdrop.

Japanese quince.

Red Robin in bud.

One lone crocus struggling with the cold....

and a lone daffodil.

Daisies in the lawn.

The start of flowers on the broad beans,

Garlic.

Leeks.

Cabbage.

07/02/2016 Dehydrating and out for a walk.

Maximum temperature 11C, minimum 4C.  67 km/h S wind gusts.  11 mm rain overnight.  Showers around this afternoon but they missed us :-)

I bought a sack of beautiful leeks cheap from the supermarket...

So dehydrated them.  Now ready for when ever I want to use them.

Sheep on the skyline.

Farm equipment.

Our neighbour on the road.

More logging.....

but still plenty of woodland areas.

Looking across the fields.

Another full dam....

and the overflow.

Gaelyn you will see here that ivy is a bigger problem than the mistletoe!

A private drive, wonder who lives down there!

The track was very wet luckily the centre was high and reasonably dry.

Dipsacus fullonum or Teazle as it is better known.

A field of lupins. high in protein, dietary fibre and antioxidants, very low in starch, and like all legumes are gluten-free.

Winter wheat

20/01/2016 A walk around the garden.

Maximum temperature 11C, minimum 2C,  16 km/h NE winds. 2mm measured this morning.

Daisy and rain drop.

Lily seeds.

Dandelion.

Toadstool and last night's rain drops.

Viburnum tinus.

Bergenia Cordifolia.

Up, up and away overhead.

Rain drops.

Broad Beans.

Chard.

Leeks.