23rd May 2010.
Dear All,
Our College garden visit this week was to Jesus College and it was one of the better ones, 27 acres of real estate in the middle of Cambridge plus the gardeners have to look after 70 other gardens at college owned properties in town. Although it is not the oldest college in Cambridge it has the oldest building as they took over an existing nunnery. The nuns were known as “naughty nuns” as they used to sell themselves in Maids Causeway in town.
Dear All,
Our College garden visit this week was to Jesus College and it was one of the better ones, 27 acres of real estate in the middle of Cambridge plus the gardeners have to look after 70 other gardens at college owned properties in town. Although it is not the oldest college in Cambridge it has the oldest building as they took over an existing nunnery. The nuns were known as “naughty nuns” as they used to sell themselves in Maids Causeway in town.
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Jesus College Nun’s cloister
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Jesus College Wisteria
The grounds have several splendid Wisterias and American ornamental Plane trees grown from seed in 1802. The May Balls are a nightmare for the gardeners if the weather is wet and they have just had a large lawn resown and laser levelled for £14,000!
It has been a serious gardening week resowing runner and French beans clobbered by the frost, planting sweet corn, Brussels sprouts, sprouting broccoli, cabbage, lettuce, tomatoes, peppers, cucumbers, water melons, red beet, parsnips and aubergines.
The walk this week was close to Cambridge starting at Stow cum Quy and progressing via Lode, Anglesey Abbey to Reach and back much of the route owned by the National Trust.
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Lode Water Mill
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Quy Water
It has been a serious gardening week resowing runner and French beans clobbered by the frost, planting sweet corn, Brussels sprouts, sprouting broccoli, cabbage, lettuce, tomatoes, peppers, cucumbers, water melons, red beet, parsnips and aubergines.
The walk this week was close to Cambridge starting at Stow cum Quy and progressing via Lode, Anglesey Abbey to Reach and back much of the route owned by the National Trust.
Lode Water Mill
Quy Water
Cricket did not go quite so well this week and having roasted in the field all afternoon I did wonder whether there are better ways of spending the day. Another birthday party last night – Julia O’Neil’s 50th at Swavesey Memorial Hall.
We have been entertaining today, the Kitsons plus Dave and Ellie Cook from the walking group as three of the four originated within 10 miles of Stowmarket conversation was not difficult.
We have a wren apparently nesting in the bat box on the back wall, the spotted flycatchers are back but not sure where they are nesting and a grass snake has just been spotted in the pond – it is almost as though they all know that “Springwatch” is returning very shortly!
Love
Mike & Kate
We have been entertaining today, the Kitsons plus Dave and Ellie Cook from the walking group as three of the four originated within 10 miles of Stowmarket conversation was not difficult.
We have a wren apparently nesting in the bat box on the back wall, the spotted flycatchers are back but not sure where they are nesting and a grass snake has just been spotted in the pond – it is almost as though they all know that “Springwatch” is returning very shortly!
Love
Mike & Kate
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