We are having an unseasonably hot spring as in warm weather, not a geyser in the garden. The bluebells are early, the oak budded before the ash which folklore says is a dry summer, ground which a month ago would have swallowed a tractor is now baked hard, and my forearms, head and neck already [...]
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By Return Of The Swallows
Much of what happens round here is ridiculous, random, incomprehensible. But sometimes something happens that makes your heart soar. That was today. This has been called Swallowtail Hill for hundreds of years. Some people mistakenly think it’s something to do with butterflies, but as any fule no, Swallowtail Butterflies mainly live in the reed beds [...]
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This is the story of a rural life, lived by Sarah and Christopher on their 40 acre Wealden farm, near Rye, which they share with assorted animals, wild flowers, trees, an eclectic array of locals and the odd visitor who thinks it's an idyll. Sometimes it is.
