A Fresh Look at the Vegetable Garden

We’ve grown our own vegetables at The Mansion House for many years. In fact, I’ve been growing vegetables for around 25 years, inspired by my grandparents and by time spent on a farm during the summer holidays when I was at school. Odile and I have gardened together for around 15 years, and throughout thatContinue reading “A Fresh Look at the Vegetable Garden”

In the beginning there were….hens

Several years ago now we decided to take the plunge into producing our own eggs, I first bought two hens plus a small coop and all the things required to look after them for Jim for his birthday, one problem though, I had a massive bird phobia! It soon became apparent though if I didn’tContinue reading “In the beginning there were….hens”