28th December

…out for some time outside the School Room. The two 1895 plants had a haircut this summer while scaffolding was erected to replace the leadwork on the roof. So not…

16th July

…follows: St Michael’s Church, Caerhays £4000 Cornwall Air Ambulance £4000 St Austell Scout Group £2500 (towards their new kitchen) Pre school Tregony School £2500 (to fund outing for 171 Pupils…

30th August

…finished. 35cwt average per acre. Best fields – School House Meadow and Eastern Close 50m cwt. 1959 – FJW Lapagerias have been out for some time. 1941 – CW One…

12th February

…‘Dawn’ Camellia x vernalis ‘Dawn’ Camellia x vernalis ‘Dawn’ Clematis armandii is just starting into flower outside the School Room. A dense mat of a climber much favoured by nesting…

9th February

…hole behind the fire extinguisher outside our bathroom as well as a hole in the School Room. A cage trap baited with biscuits and cheese has yielded no results as…

19th November

…children are sent home (unnecessarily) from school or the absurdities of ‘Test and Trace’ and all the three to five day delays in receiving the results. As testing gets better…

6th April

…at the bottom of the tepals but not much. Magnolia ‘Blushing Belle’ Magnolia ‘Blushing Belle’ Magnolia ‘Blushing Belle’ The first climbing rose out in flower by the School Room window….

26th March

…but great and longstanding friends – rather ‘old school’ if I am being honest which is such a rarity in the new woke today! Prunus spinosa ‘Plena’ Then a review…

17th December

…‘Winton’ 2000 – FJW First frost last night. 1997 – FJW Snow. Stormy night. 1979 – FJW David returned as a school monitor!! 1975 – FJW C.H.W awarded Langdon scholarship…

30th May

…Syringa josikaea just showing too. Syringa josikaea Mixed colours of aquilegia outside the old village school. aquilegia Azalea ‘Whitethroat’ full out on the drive. Azalea ‘Whitethroat’ Rhododendron (Azalea) kiusianum has…