Who’s the thief, who’s the thief?
We diligently put the very last of our Bramleys in a bucket, to make a final few apple pies in the run up to Christmas.
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Our 2025 Wedding Anniversary theme… we’ve got wood!
Stop sniggering at the back.
As regular readers know, back in the mists of time, we decided to dump the traditional dull wedding anniversaries here at The Secret Acre, in favour of our own list of anniversary themes of things we like, that would make celebrating each year fun.
Continue readingSeason’s Greetings 2024!
As you know, we no longer send Christmas Cards, in favour of posting our news on our blog – http://www.thesecretacre.com – throughout the year. But, wishing all our friends another Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year.
Garden of Delights
There is usually something to surprise you in the garden at The Secret Acre.
Earlier this year, Emma was joined by a very curious pheasant in the Greenhouse.
Continue readingBarnstorming
It’s been a quiet few weeks at The Secret Acre having been unexpectedly struck down by pestilence and plague. I spent the hottest day of the year, shivering under a duvet, unable to get warm. Annoying when there is so much to do. Hopefully we can start getting back to the harvest soon.
Continue readingBack on the Land! Is this finally Summer?
Readers here in the UK will know that, after the wettest winter/spring on record and stubbornly cold temperatures, finally as we reach mid-summer, we might finally be getting some summer weather.
Continue readingOf Autumn in July and Summer in September
It’s been a difficult year for plants and wildlife suffering the stuck weather systems of climate change. A worry for the extremes to come.
Continue readingHappy Beltane from The Secret Acre
Here we are again, about midway between the spring equinox and summer solstice, at least in the northern hemisphere, with the garden once again bursting back into full life.
We may have to visit a Henge today to celebrate!
At least the Asparagus has been enjoying our wet spring weather, even if the seedlings have been suffering from the unseasonal cold.
Continue readingWake up now, this is the time you’ve waited for
The start of February marks the traditional Druid festival of Imbolc, celebrating the beginning of spring, being about halfway between the winter solstice and the spring equinox.
Of course these days, Imbolc is some six weeks ahead of what we now tend to think of as the official start of spring in March, but nonetheless, this is the time when the first earliest signs of the garden waking up start to appear.
Continue readingMeet the new Barn, same as the old Barn – Part 5, Little Red Roofer
As Christmas edged ever closer, and with the British Larch cladding and roofing membrane now on, it was time to battle November’s almost constant rain and wind to get water tight before the snow.
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