Autumnal Mood
DH Lawrence once said medlars were “wineskins of brown morbidity”……In ‘The Cook and the Gardener’ Amanda Hesser suggests it’s important to preserve the old ways. In her words “it’s a way to preserve an old recipe” a wise and good thing I think.
Vita’s Words
Since traveling to see the Chelsea Flower Show in May I have been contemplating Vita’s Sissinghurst Castle Garden in Kent and Virginia’s Monk’s House in Sussex….