Wrought iron garden structure at Melbourne Hall in Derbyshire. Created by celebrated blacksmith Robert Bakewell in 1706-8.

The design is derived from French garden arbour designs of the period. Grade I listed.

These are going to be stamp heads.

The listings for Melbourne Hall gardens include quite a few putti and cherubs on pedestals at various points around the Grand Basin. Frankly, I can't remember which is which of any of this bunch!

Photo taken by Lilly Rice, Berea College Intern, a girl reaches her hand into the chicken coop to grab an egg that a chicken has laid, 6/16/21

Holy beet! It's gigantic for this early in the season. Ben's on to something here: transplanting beets in mid-April. They really got a jump start that way.

Nicotina

New plant as part of my garden project has grown well from seed :)

Garden Project students except donations for produce and goods.

Aaron processes the beets at our little washpack station. We weigh everything that we harvest and keep a running record of harvest weights, which we tally every week and month.

Ancient concrete paving stone laid in the hole. Extremely heavy stone, I will have to prosecute myself under Health & Safety regulations for shifting it unaided.

A view of our garden from the balcony..it's the messy one in the middle, started work on it last Sunday, will be interesting to see it change over the next year (or 2)

Hodsock Priory near Blyth has a snowdrop tour every year. In spite of its name it was never a priory. And the gateway is the only authentic bit dating before the Victorian era.

Theresa doing some digging

Photo by Lilly Rice, Berea College Intern, Ms. Debbie feeds worms and grass clippings to one of the chickens in the coop, 6/16/21.

and has been broken...

spot welding is quite tricky..

he is chopping up a metal frame for a plastic greenhouse that blew away - no - really