Kitchen garden - Autumn 2010

Taken from the bottom of the kitchen garden looking towards the old road. Plants are starting to die back now and I still need to find out what I can and can't cut back.

Burn-side Garden Autumn 2010

The garden has been a bit neglected this summer as the house has taken up so much time. I've done some weeding and basic clearing up and looking forward to spending more time in it now the house is nearly done. We've had Eryngium which has now died back. I think we also have Astilbe here too, a tall pink flowering perennial or it could be Rheum palmatum - who knows!

Wood store

Blair has done a fantastic job in building our wood store. It will hopefully store 3 years supply of wood but time will tell. The store is still to be finished and then the wood chopped up and stored. We've just purchased our trailer too - we've named it Angus!

Kitchen garden - summer 2010

I believe this is a geranium. I've taken this picture as I have a few of these plants around the garden and they are really bushy and need to know how to tame them! We've also found a plum tree in this area which is great - I love finding new things in the garden.

Burn-side Garden July 2010

The garden is a profusion of colour. It's taking me time to identify the various plants and I'm still working on this. This picture is taken from the top of the burn with a rowan tree in the foreground.