Holly Cottage Life

A brief record of our life here at Holly Cottage in South Northumberland, UK.

Saturday, 21 May 2016

I found a lovely patch of daisies in the orchard at the cottage this morning.

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Greengage

The Damson tree is rapidly covering in blossom, and now this morning it is the turn of Greengage...
Malus Golden Hornet

The fruit trees in the orchard are continuing to flower well, today I noticed that the Golden Hornet crab apple is carrying beautiful blosso...
Rose Gall

I found this beautiful and fascinating Rose Gall on the banks above the Burn yesterday.

Jon Storey: Northumberland, United Kingdom; Born in the nineteen fifties and brought up in Co Durham, I studied graphic design in Carlisle and then went to live on the beautiful Isle of Man where I made my home for twenty four years. In 2005 I returned to live in the North East of England, in Northumberland just over the border from my home county. Currently a Councilor on Slaley Parish Council. In recent years Hilary and I have bought the family cottage near Slaley which we are currently renovating. Our progress on the cottage along with the development of our orchard and hand made food products can be found here: https://hollycottagelife.blogspot.com/ We also keep a flock of mainly Rare Breed Breed poultry and sell their wonderful eggs. https://hollycottpoultry.blogspot.com/ We are in the process of developing a small Online Shop for our produce. https://holly-cottage-online.my-online.store/

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