David Marsden

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• Poppies On The Downs

  

  A smudge of red has been visible from The Old Forge for over a week. As I worked,it drew my eye; I decided to go for a closer look.I associate field or common... Read more

  Posted on 10 July 2013 GARDENING, HOME

• Wordless Wednesday: A Robin’s Story

  

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  Posted on 03 July 2013 GARDENING, HOME

• The Priory Wisteria …

  

  … hasn’t flowered in my five years as gardener. Well, not properly. It does give a stutter of blue throughout the summer but the big spring show just hasn’t... Read more

  Posted on 28 June 2013 GARDENING, HOME

• The Fox And The Crow

  

  We feed crows. We don’t go out much, so we feed crows. Any scraps that used to go to the chickens now go to the crows.They are generally grateful but sometime... Read more

  Posted on 20 June 2013 GARDENING, HOME

• A Postcard From Poland

  

  I got bemused looks when I told people I was going to Poland.“On business?”“No, on holiday.”“Oh.” (Bemused look).See what I mean?But the unease I felt at this... Read more

  Posted on 26 May 2013 GARDENING, HOME

• A Stampede Of Cows

  

  As well as this gardener walking about in his shirt-sleeves and whistling, there are various other markers that spring has finally arrived:from the scent of wil... Read more

  Posted on 20 May 2013 GARDENING, HOME

• Under Way

  

  I’m rather behind with blogging and as it’s been a while since I posted any photos of the Priory, here’s a quick, excitable splurge; a brisk whizz about the... Read more

  Posted on 10 May 2013 GARDENING, HOME

• Angle Shades And A Competition

  

  I spend a lot of time thinking about what my next post might be.  Especially when I’m mowing or weeding or doing some other mindless task – after all there’s... Read more

  Posted on 19 April 2013 GARDENING, HOME

• A Look Back At Winter

  

  What a long and cold, tedious winter that was.  Spring is arriving in The Priory gardens, but I thought I’d buck the seasonal blogging trend of crocuses and... Read more

  Posted on 14 April 2013 GARDENING, HOME

• Wainwright’s Coast to Coast … In Winter

  

  Only it wasn’t winter.  It was March, almost Easter, and a time, I’d supposed, of primrose lined paths, sparkling sunshine and hosts of nodding daffodils. Read more

  Posted on 04 April 2013 GARDENING, HOME

• Time For A Walk

  

  Each year, during late winter or early spring, I go for a walk.  A lengthy, solo walk.I decide which long distance footpath I want to do, work out the miles... Read more

  Posted on 14 March 2013 GARDENING, HOME

• Little Owl

  

  I disturbed a bird the other day.  I was walking through the garden of the Old Forge and something broke cover.Though I managed to get a hurried snap of it in... Read more

  Posted on 10 March 2013 GARDENING, HOME

• The New Greenhouse

  

  In the south-eastern corner of the Priory grounds, something’s been going on.Slowly, during the past few weeks, we’ve been growing a new cedarwood greenhouse. Read more

  Posted on 02 March 2013 GARDENING, HOME

• Birdwatching

  

  I don’t get a great variety of birds in my garden.Plenty of herring gulls,and a family of charismatic crows.  Hardly exciting stuff, though we do get …… green... Read more

  Posted on 11 February 2013 GARDENING, HOME

• Keeping Busy, Keeping Warm

  

  The grounds of the Priory can be a scary place when the wind gets up.Even the largest trees twist and sway alarmingly; creaking, groaning and occasionally... Read more

  Posted on 26 January 2013 GARDENING, HOME

• Goldcrest

  

  I was working on the rose tunnel the other day and suddenly became aware of a constant, small companion.It was a Goldcrest (Regulus regulus), Europe’s smallest... Read more

  Posted on 18 January 2013 GARDENING, HOME

• A Walk Up The Priory Drive

  

  Fancy a summer’s walk?  No?  Oh well, suit yourself.  Yes?  Good for you.  Here’s a series of photos I took last August, on a rare sunny morning. Read more

  Posted on 11 January 2013 GARDENING, HOME

• Lambs And Calves. Again.

  

  I was going to be so strong.  Honest, I was.  I was going to resist, you see.  Resist posting yet more photos of cutesy calves and lovely lambs.  After all... Read more

  Posted on 05 January 2013 GARDENING, HOME

• December …

  

  has been either rain-sodden or bitterly cold down at the Priory.I much prefer the latter.The west pond has been frozen but Solo …… no longer ventures out onto... Read more

  Posted on 22 December 2012 GARDENING, HOME

• Cutting the Flower Meadow

  

  Have you noticed how ubiquitous ‘Wild Flower Meadows’ have become?  Whether it is a small garden bed, raked over and sown with a wild flower seed mix, or an acr... Read more

  Posted on 25 November 2012 GARDENING, HOME