We have a confession. When we first moved to The Secret Acre we had lots of parties and events, from Wassails and Apple Days to folk dances and birthday bashes. But then came the Covid hiatus, and since then we kind of got out of the habit, until one of us suffered a big birthday last year.
With that birthday restart behind us, and a significant anniversary looming this year, we did our best to rediscover our full-on party mojo.
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Chepstow Wassail & Mari Lwyd
Once again, January came and went, before we actually put into action any of our good intentions to make an early start in the garden.
Not that it was all just lounging around in the house after Christmas drawing up planting plans and ordering seeds.
As the snowdrops started to emerge, we got down to making another year’s supply of marmalade, following the award-winning formula we accidentally hit upon last time round. Continue reading
The Secret Acre 