This post follows hard on the heels of yesterdays. First cowslips (Primula Veris) and what I have always called oxslips, a naturally ocurring hybrid between the cowslip and the primrose (Primula Vulgaris).  There is also a "true oxlip" (Primula Elatior, which is to be found only in ancient

The great excitement of the end of January and early February is that Spring is in the air and every day sees new shoots poking through the grass. A brief walk around the house and crocuses have now joined the snowdrops. We planted 250 wild daffodils (Pseudonarcissus Lobularis) in the

I am going to be writing about our garden at Knapp Farm through 2022, so a short physical description is in order. Wootton Fitzpaine lies about a mile inland from Charmouth, surrounded by hills rising to about 200 metres behind us. The old house, nearly 500 years old, sits well