Sorry! Couldn’t resist that! The wisteria at the front of the house is looking wonderful right now. It’s a lovely sight for guests sitting out on the front step in the Spring sunshine having their cups of tea. 
Also, the clematis that we planted to cover the old conservatory at the front is finally maturing after a few years and showing huge dark pink flowers. 
In between showers Steve has been busy trying to manage our beech hedge which has over the decades expanded to an unworkable depth without dangerous goings-on with the electric hedge trimmer! He’s managed to take alot of growth out from the back so the visual impact is minimal. We had a pleasant afternoon cutting the debris up into lengths for kindling and use around the garden, surrounded by all spring green-ness of early beech leaves.
Gail is out and about in the veg garden planting out seedlings and bringing up the muck ready for the squash, pumpkin and courgette plants that are being raised in the old conservatory. Steve’s been cracking on with the weeding today in a high wind! It’s been beautifully sunny though most of the day.
We’ve just said goodbye to Jan Adamson and Desiree Emery’s shamanic group on Sunday and welcomed Manda Scott and her shamanic students on Wednesday evening (http://www.mandascott.co.uk/). Both these groups are old hands around the house and it’s lovely having them return here year on year. Manda is also a historian and author of many historical (and other) novels. The new novel in her Rome series is now out and you can see details about it and her other works on her website.
Right! time to check on the kitchen before supper!
More soon
Mel & Steve
Poulstone Court Retreat Centre