Hello, and welcome to my March Newsletter. I grumbled about the wet weather in my last newsletter, but, thankfully, it looks like spring might now be just around the corner! It's been such a wet winter, and in North Devon, there has...
The Hartford Manor Series
My December 2025 Newsletter
Hello, and welcome to my December Newsletter. I'm so pleased to tell you that we've finally moved house! It's been a stressful year, but we are delighted with our new home. Those of you who are regular readers will know that we had a large garden...
My September 2025 Newsletter
Hello, and welcome to my September Newsletter. It was my birthday in August, and Bryan and I had planned to spend a couple of days with our youngest son, David, and his wife, Jenny, in South Devon. However, they were both quite...
My August 2025 Newsletter
Hello, and welcome to my August Newsletter. As I write this, it's drizzling outside, and the garden is loving it. After the heatwave, everything was parched, and I was tired of watering, but now the lawn is recovering, and the plants are...
My June 2025 Newsletter
Hello, and welcome to my June Newsletter. I've recently returned from a lovely holiday in Corfu, where we stayed in a peaceful resort called San Stephanos. It was beautiful and ideal for a relaxing holiday. The photo is of another picturesque...
My May 2025 Newsletter
Hello, and welcome to my May Newsletter. I had hoped to be writing this newsletter from our new home, but I'm afraid we're still waiting for a moving date. Everything seems to be progressing well, and we expect to hear more in the next week or two,...
My April 2025 Newsletter
Hello, and welcome to my April Newsletter. I was pleased when the clocks changed last weekend and signalled the start of British Summer Time, which is always welcome with the lighter nights and longer days. However, when I looked back at my...
My January 2024 Newsletter
Hello, and welcome to my January Newsletter. Happy New Year, everyone, I wish you all health, wealth, and happiness over the months to come, and I hope you had an enjoyable Christmas as we did. We spent a couple of days with our youngest son, David, and his...
My November 2023 Newsletter
Hello, and welcome to my November Newsletter. Bryan and I recently went to Farnham to spend a few days with my sister, Gill. We had a nice time catching up, going shopping, and tidying her garden, as the weather was lovely. We also managed to fit in a visit to RHS...
My January 2023 Newsletter
Hello and welcome to my January Newsletter. A belated Happy New Year everyone and I hope you all had an enjoyable Christmas. In recent years, Christmas hasn't gone too smoothly in my family for one reason or another. In 2019, my...
My December 2022 Newsletter
Hello and welcome to my December Newsletter. Well, the weather is certainly looking Christmassy this morning with an inch or so of snow covering the garden. It's really pretty, but the ground is so slippery! I was looking out of our lounge window a...
My November 2022 Newsletter
Hello and welcome to my November Newsletter. Now that the clocks have changed, and the nights are pulling in, it's that time of year when we all start to think about Christmas. However, the weather is so mild that lots of plants are still in full...