Trumpet Ploughing Match 2010

We did sneak off from both chaotic kitchens (still under construction) and gardens (summer house being levelled) for a couple of hours to this year's Trumpet Ploughing Match and avail ourselves of an excellent roast pork lunch!  It was the perfect day and, as usual, we weren't disappointed.  If you enjoy a little traditional rusticity and ploughing with horses, have a look at

 http://picasaweb.google.com/peartree.pam/TrumpetPloughingMatch2010#

Worn out chair

This is what happens to unsafe chairs when Chris sits on them!

Guilty!

Guilty culprits in the beetroot row again!

Pumpkin Loser

Chris's pumpkin and our own - both from the same seed batch!  We lost!!  Chris's weighs 4 stones!  Ours - less than 4 ounces!

Even more autumnal.........

In fact; it's looking a LOT more like autumn at PTC.  With the exception of the Tree Fern, all tender plants are now back in the greenhouse for winter. Al has been busy picking and storing apples in the 'Hut'.  The spring planting around the pond has really grown and matured in one single season.  It's difficult to believe it was only done this spring.  The Virginia Creeper is making its presence felt (in its 2nd year) on the tool shed.  Hopefully by this time next year, it will look even more spectacular!  I can't wait for it to trail all over the roof.

Gardeners' Outing!

Above: Traditional wooden lathe

This week all gardeners had a day out to visit the Association of Professional Foresters' Show and saw the World Pole Climbing Championships and the European Chainsaw carving Championships!  The show is held every 2 years and as well as demonstrating HUGE timber processing/hauling equipment also promotes traditional woodland crafts, skills and traditions.  As well as coming home with a hand made trug and balancing dragonfly, we saw lots of pretty amazing sculptures and ideas.

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Creeping towards autumn

Above right: Looking across to Woodbury

Above left: The tool Shed

It's beginning to look a lot like autumn at PTC.  Misty mornings, tracks in the dew and glowing colours as the leaves begin to turn beneath the lowering sun.  The Sedums (below) are looking pretty - well, Bluebelle thinks so and, despite a severe haircut in spring, so is the Caryopteris