Fun and Fruit

On Wednesday year 6 children from Kirkoswald school visited the Artful Garden. They enjoyed learning about how the garden had developed and meeting all the scarecrows and other characters in the garden. They explored all corners of the garden and enjoyed fruit from the trees and bushes. They are going to do an assembly to the rest of the school of the photos they took of the garden.

Last Friday I visited St Augustine's church at Alston. They have a beautiful set of organ pipes.

Beautifully painted

A  lot of the properties in Alston are very old. This an interesting view of the houses that back onto the churchyard.

Look at the size and position of the windows

Lovely stone carving found at the church.

Simplistic daisy pattern

I visited Killhope mine at Nenthead and saw these lovely horse sculptures.

The horses are made from metal drums

On the way back towards Garrigill there were various 'beehive' structures along the lane.

I think these structures are linked to Killhope lead mine

At Brimham Rocks in Nidderdale north Yorkshire are some unusual rock formations.

Pleated rocks

A stack of rock pancakes

It is the season of mists and last night there was mist over the river Eden  and low cloud over the Pennines. The mist floats and moves and disappears very quickly.

Atmospheric cloud and mist

These are my homegrown silverskin onions that I am pickling. I have also made my last batch of Blasto Hot Chilli and Tomato Relish. I am still picking lots of raspberries so I have made some raspberry jam.

Tiny white onions soaked in brine before putting in vinegar

I have discovered some ripe grapes on my grape vines. There are several small bunches of green and black grapes.

Chateau Artful Garden

Not enough to make a small bottle of wine

The asters in the garden are looking very pretty.

Cheery little flower heads that brighten the flower borders

These asters have longer petals

The wildflowers in the Artful Garden continue to bloom.

The cornflowers are still blooming