The Scribble

September 16, 2016

Sweetpea

The rain is here at last and glorious as this endless summer has been, it's good to be back in corduroy and aged cashmere, contemplating a cosy autumn. Besides the meadow residents, the only flowers (or indeed anything) I have grown with any real success this summer has...

September 09, 2016

Common Agrimony

Having emerged relatively unscathed from our first Summer Holidays which were, dare I say it, actually quite blissful for the most part, this week has been something of a shock to the system as sunbathing and relaxing are replaced by school and routine...

September 01, 2016

Mystery Meadow Resident

The first year in the meadow we had clouds of cow parsley towering above the grasses and flowers below and it was incredibly beautiful. I don't know what we did to offend them, but they have never returned! I did however find this delicate and diminutive relative cower...

August 30, 2016

Unknown Meadow Resident

Unknown meadow resident!

August 16, 2016

Le Voyage en Panier

As in all things, when the French do fair trade, they do it with style. The only thing I brought home from Corsica besides a sun tan was this 'scoubidou' bag from

August 05, 2016

Tufted Vetch

At last the sunshine is back! Padded out barefoot over the warm wet grass this morning to have a look at Tufted Vetch (Vicia cracca) which has made its home in a couple of patches of the meadow, growing leguminously (I'm fairly sure that's not a word, but I ...