FREE THE TAMWORTH TWO! (or, Sleeping On The Job)

Look at these poor suffering prisoners! Immured at Cambo House near Crail, their lot in Liff is Hard Labour day in, day out. Their poor snouts are worn to the gristle with digging roots shoots and leaves. Their never-ending task – to clear weed-knotted ground of brambles, dockens, hogweed, creeping buttercup, bishop weed (or ground [...]

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Cambo Magic

It may be that there are hordes of fans out there just awaiting a Pond Update with bated breath. But just in case there aren’t, here’s something completely different. Before we sank into a north-wind/volcano induced state of semi-freddo huddled-around-the-humming-radiator-ness, I sent the parental units off for a prowl around Cambo Gardens, not far from [...]

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The Joy of Small Things

glossy cobalt crail jug proud-as-punch springcarolling daffodowndillies melon-apple-pear tangerine-lemon-ginger carol kimbell’s bowl sweetie paper wrap could the green ones be soor plooms? feel the licorice cosy crochet hug for shiny twinkly crotchets all buttoned up snug This is what happens when the ground freezes for a week. Things get out of paw. Someone gets into [...]

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Crail: Small Gardens in The Burgh

One of the many wonderful things about our new Kingdom, apart from vertical trees over 12′ tall, sunshine, Sainsbury’s, the Fife Coastal Path and sunshine – sorry I may have mentioned sunshine before…we’re not used to it you know – is the glorious Scotland’s Gardens Scheme, whose bible is The Yellow Book. The Yellow Book [...]

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