Lunch at the Glasshouse Inn at May Hill Today was so glorious we just had to get out, so the top came down on the car and we set off through Littledean, Longhope etc through gorgeous country lanes for lunch at the Glasshouse Inn. It is a most wonderful drive, but not one to be taken at speed. Most of …
The vegetable Garden
The Vegetable Garden in June Despite the peculiar weather the vegetable garden is doing very well. We have been eating lettuce, new potatoes, strawberries, spring onions and carrots for the last few weeks. Today I have planted aubergines and sown 3 rows of swedes and some turnips. The tomatoes are now flowering well. This year as an experiment we have …
Planting more greens and root veg
New Planting I have been planning to plant more this weekend, but I need a bit of space. We had already planned to start digging up the new potatoes and after last nights winds here in the forest of dean they are looking a mite dishevelled so we will be starting on Friday to harvest them. We have broccoli ready …
Get your Forest of Dean Business noticed
Free Listings in the Forest of Dean Directory Our free directory is doing much better than I expected. Today I have just looked at the number of hits that our listings have had and it is astonishingly high. There are other forest directories out there, but most charge and very few of them seem to be updated, so why not …
Planting the pretty bits
Gardening in the Forest of Dean May Plantings I have been concentrating on the vegetable garden up until now, but the warm weather has encouraged us to get the planters filled up with the pretty flowers. We have planted impatiens , begonias , geraniums and most of the usual garden plants. The garden is certainly changing a lot now the …
A year in the Forest of Dean
The forest of Dean Time certainly flies. Today we will have lived here in Cinderford in the forest of dean for a year. It has gone incredibly quickly and I have to say it was a good decision. Both Vanda and I love it here. The area is gorgeous and Cinderford is a smashing little town. We have lots of …
Oh dear Cinderford Council – @cinderfordtc
A couple of weeks back I emailed Cinderford council using the email on their web site which is clerk@ . It was a simple query asking why the minutes from meetings were not shown on their web site. As you can see from the picture the last entries were for 2015, so nothing for 2 years. Here is the text …