Looking up into ‘William Morris’ blooms on my front wall. I know that I am not very good at caring for my roses. This year I have tried to turn over a new leaf. We do have blackspot here and, even though I treat the roses systemically, they do still suffer...
Crazy goings on at Gardenalia! Last week, my esteemed Editor Jenny and I spent two days hunting for Treasures, both for you lovely lot and for my home here at Pinks Barn in the Cotswolds. Jenny and I have such similar taste and love playing house when there is time to...
The very picturesque mill pond It is difficult to believe that in May 2022, we will be celebrating living in this loveliest of places for 40 years – and are still in love with it! I know that it is 40 years because my son James is forty this...
Every angle used to display my treasured samplers! As with so much of what goes on at Pinks Barn, and indeed in my life, I think you could say that my new range of Sampler Study Boxes were some sort of organic progression. My fascination for antique samplers and the...
I do not know how many of you still darn socks – I don’t. Like so many of us, I can be wasteful with clothing and throw away items that perhaps could be mended. Maybe it was my time as a nurse that put me off. I can still remember darning my black stockings that I...
There is simply no doubt that post-Covid I am rather lacking puff but gradually catching up now with the encouragement of better weather. I had a rather grotty reaction to my second vaccination or caught a stinking cold (I am not sure which), and it lasted three...
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