…which fell in a gale before Christmas. clearing the Pinus insignis This water tank now collects the water from the office roof and is available to water the plants around…

…downpours last week they are completely full! Why don’t more farmers save on the mains water? water tanks water tanks water tanks The old stables in the farmyard are to…

…water meadows and lake water meadows and lake water meadows and lake water meadows and lake water meadows and lake Another tree down after last night’s gale on the road…

…Styrax wilsonii Styrax wilsonii New water tanks installed above the greenhouse and at Tin Garden. Easy access to water for newly planted things in the next drought. When finished we…

…Lily, in full flower on the steps of the Cottage in Yorkshire. This plant has greatly enjoyed the drought although the fields are much greener here than in Cornwall. Cyrtanthus…

…café for the waterpipe and three-phase electric supply to the café is now fully dug on the castle front. trench And across the car park in the deep sand. Western…

…Tin Garden, Lent Lily moves, Rho lutescens very good in spite of sharp frost. 1910 – JCW Just about 1908 for daffs, Arboreums coming on, Rho praecox over, heaths becoming…

…feet 6 in. 1901 – JCW Another Camellia, several roses about, frost for two nights. 1900 – JCW I saw the first Lent Lily breaking ground – several roses going…

…flowers. April/May. CWT6336. Rhododendron excellens. Maddenia subsection. Forms a spreading shrub. Large, shiny bright green leaves. Long lily like, scented white flowers with a yellow blotch. June. CWT6486. Rhododendron nuttalii….

…is a new plant in the Burncoose catalogue this year. Quite a tall growing species with huge racemes of lily-of-the-valley buds and (perhaps) flowers. A very good deutzia which I…