Sep 20, 2021 | Mickey's Blog, Glenmore House
How thrilling it is to be stepping into spring! Not that winter has been dull; in fact, its been anything but. While I spent the month of July in complete hibernation (tap-tap-tapping away – draft one complete but oh so much more to do), mother nature never...
Sep 19, 2021 | Mickey's Blog, Glenmore House
The lazy thud of a hoof on the ground, the swish of a chestnut tail in the afternoon sun, the chatty reminder that food would be nice….these are just a few of the familiar constants, that will sadly no longer accompany my days in the garden. We’ve seen it...
Sep 19, 2021 | Mickey's Blog, Glenmore House
The sound of pipes carrying across the paddocks in the late afternoon light was a fitting end to a glorious Sunday. I was concerned by 2’ish, that I hadn’t heard the man who plays at his mother’s grave each Mother’s Day and was relieved...
Sep 18, 2021 | Mickey's Blog, Glenmore House
How long it seems already since Luisa Brimble visited one fine, late summer morning to follow me around the Kitchen Garden, when the beans were lush, verdant and scrambling up their poles, It was hot, the days producing late afternoon thunderstorms and a high summer...
Sep 18, 2021 | Mickey's Blog, Glenmore House
Didn’t winter get off to a thoroughly watery start? I still feel so sorry for all those folk who were inundated (any minor problems we had here were nothing by comparison) and at Glenmore, we were just so excited to see that great rush of water...
Sep 18, 2021 | Mickey's Blog, Glenmore House
What joy it was to return to the garden and discover these beauties lying in wait….the reward of all that work at the beginning of autumn! Already my head is well out of the clouds, our first events of the coming season approach, and the thrilling build-up...
