Sep 18, 2021 | Mickey's Blog, Delightful Discoveries
If you’ve been following my blog for awhile, you might have some clue to my fascination with ancient irrigation systems (favourite contemporary interpretation is at Babylonstoren). I was thrilled to visit the Agdar (or Aguedal) Gardens just outside the walls of...
Sep 18, 2021 | Mickey's Blog, Delightful Discoveries
I’m sorry to have been a bit quiet these last couple of weeks (and before you throw your hands up in horror at my gallivanting yet again, you will probably be relieved to hear that I am NOW GROUNDED!!). It’s been a one-off year for this much travel and...
Sep 18, 2021 | Mickey's Blog, Delightful Discoveries
The culmination of gallivanting was the fulfilment of a long-held desire to visit a garden in the Pentland Hills, not very far from Edinburgh. I can’t recall when I was first gripped by an image of Little Sparta, the garden created by artist &...
Sep 18, 2021 | Mickey's Blog, Delightful Discoveries
I can’t begin to tell you my excitement at stumbling across this collection of allotment gardens, tended by students of horticulture at the Edinburgh Botanic Gardens. Those of you who know me well, understand (to some extent!) my enthralment with garden...
Sep 18, 2021 | Out & About, Mickey's Blog, Delightful Discoveries
And now to the REAL reason for my gallivanting….I’m not normally in the habit of skipping off to the UK every few months, but I just couldn’t miss out on our daughter’s 4th year Performance Costume parades in Edinburgh!It’s difficult to...
Sep 17, 2021 | Mickey's Blog, Delightful Discoveries
Now you will laugh at my childlike enthusiasm, but I have SO looked forward to being able to do this!! At LAST, I have a blackboard in the Dairy, upon which to write our Kitchen Garden Day menus!! Now our participants can see from the moment they arrive, that they...
