Danni's son Archie

Archie by our Spanish stallion stallion Danilon

If you have visited us at Edovena farm you've probably been greeted by our Spanish stallion Danilon who likes to oversee the car park from his mission control in his stable "overbooking "or as he would prefer presiding over the car park. Yesterday his first son Archie came back into work after the recent gales and circled the car pak with Charles as he learns his first preliminary lessons before he can go out for hacks in the countryside. It was such  a beautiful day yesterday we spent most of the day outside  it could almost have been Danni's native Spain!

Introducing our latest staff member

Louis

Our latest staff member ( should now add to join our vibrant term in lingo speak)is still considering his contract options and may insist on a further period of probation has kindly agreed to a preliminary photograph. He was recently made redundant from a senior executive post at a fabulous manor house and at eleven thought a semi retirement post away from the traffic with good rabbiting opportunities would suit his plans.

Louis has spent a week "laying in", commandeering a quiet cupboard for a period of meditation on the change in his circumstances, to which I added a hot water bottle to make him feel at home. he is currently engaged in dialog with Spud Cat senior mouser into exact division of roles but has made is clear that he expects all lap sitting duties to fall to him. The final test will be, of course. at the end of the week, when he inspects the gardens and grounds and takes an inventory of our rabbit stocks until then we are under probation!

One small step for Louis....... out of the cupboard

Feeling the daffodils

The ribbon of Daffodils that frame the lower lawn at Ednovean farm

I hope you're feeling the daffodils again this year the bright tenacious flowers that emerge relentlessly every spring whatever the weather. i took this snp on my way to feed the brood maes at the bottom of the garden as the dew still lay bright across the lawn each droplet catching the early morning rays of the sun and spreading a nearly incandescent glow about the garden. How I love these spring mornings when the world is fresh and new and the year spreads in front of us like an unread book - some pages are interesting and of and beg to be read again and some well they are the fill ins in the chapter and need flicking over! probably ferrying the debri and prunnings out of the garden after the winters storms would count as a "flick over" while my morning daffodils are definitely pages to savour!

Our "Palm avenue" is underplanted with Daffodils

To enjoy a spring break at Ednovean Farm do give us a call we are still offering our special spring breaks that give a reduction for three days or more!

No story to tell

I've no story to tell today just a glorious sunset to share from our garden at Ednovean Farm today as the high pressure delivers the dry warm spell we've al been waiting for. At last i've set to work Outside with a paintbrush ticking some newly creosoted post and rails and our entrance gate off of my long list. i was pleased with our gate though, released from the arbitrary coat of brown stain that has lingered on from the days when we converted the barn and were allowed brown stain or white on our windows and doors as part of our planning permission. The Farrow and Ball "French Grey" looks fresh,welcoming and clean and should make a good first impression I hope! And finding the link for you I've just spotted t as a hot tip for this years colour trends Result!!

Off for the day now but another moment from our sunset on Monday evening - brace yourself for the inevitable "Gate photo"!

Mounts bay again from the same spot I chose on sunday evening
 but a totally different mood of brooding tranquility

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Sky larks and sunsets

I heard the sky larks sing for the first time yesterday, as I cantered with Danni along a by way that threads up through one of the estate farms. To my right, the fields I had watched the tractors work the day before lay neatly turned with rich deep soil exposed and as i emerged on the top of the ridge the fields swept away into the distance across the valley, newly clothed with the warm fuzz of the new corns growth and in the far distance the tiny dots of cars on the A30 and lazily turning white wind mills with the hills behind St ives on the horizon. Such a beautiful day to share with a horse it was a shame to turn for home!

I've asked Charles to take a picture of Danni's Spanish walk that we practise assiduously every day when we get home so who know one day he may grace the blog again!

I lingered outside yesterday evening working with some dead hedging up near the lane and I was rewarded by a fabulous sunset from my eerie with the light glowing across the water and gleaming on our barn roofs

Looking down over our garden and out over
 Mounts bay

Alas, I can only share the pictures of the sunset with you,  not the dusk still warmed from the days sun, with the last melancholy notes of the black birds song hanging in the air accompanied by the rhythm of the waves rolling up  from Perranuthnoe's beach. Spud Cat had already gone inside when I collected the camera - well Charles was roasting a chicken after all and so I had this special moment with only the munching  and soft snorts of the horse as they too settled down for the evening as I put the last of my tools in the wheelbarrow.

Well I hope you all had a good weekend and remember you can find us iat www.ednoveanfarm.co.uk if Cornwall calls you!

A spring day!

Spring is writ large in the shadows now and sparkling in the morning dew Our  days are full of bird song and sea has settle from an angry roar to a more gentle rhythm.

Charles at work in the courtyard garden

As i exercised Danni yesterday I was passed by cars full of surf boards heading to the beach and builders lorries full of fencing panels heading for local gardens as the damage from the gales is finally put right. Here at Ednovean we've been lucky with a few slates here and there, some guttering from the back stables and a lost tree and now we've started our spring offensive still working in the house courtyard but getting closer to the ate to the main garden for sure!

Spud cat has declared spring and taken to his
favorite sunning bench!

"Well somebody has to supervise!"

We were tired but happy by the end of the afternoon and in the final moments of the day we had the first glimmering sunset for a while as the temperature dropped for nightfall. I hear Cornwall will be hotter than the Greek Islands this weekend but shh dont tell anyone!!

That's all from me this morning, time to go to work but you can find us at www.ednoveanfarm.co.uk

Hello March!! Lets start to work in the garden!

I wonder if Spud said "rabbits" as he leapt out of bed yesterday morning to celebrate the start of the month and what the weather man described as the meteorological first day of Spring.

We could certainly do with a little help with the rabbits, although their contribution to lawn mowing is greatly appreciated at this time of the year. At the moment they've mown the Italian garden to a fine sward and have just moved out onto the main lawn. On the other hand I've started gardening at our entrance gate and I'm working my way down through the courtyard gardens and should reach the main garden this week - well in theory anyway! It is a sort of pincer movement with ton bags of garden debris being ferried away on the one hand and plump bunnies returning to their borrows on the other.

A sudden and unexpected gale on Friday tore through the garden again and even tossed some of the little pots down in our sheltered courtyards. Charles went off to check the statues in the Italian Garden because after the last 90 mile and hour gust one of the big statues was teetering on the edge of its plinth but Fridays mere 74 hardly stirred us and it was sunny again by the afternoon.

The straggly old lavender plants have sadly been removed
to make way for fresh new plants later in the year

So an we go ready to celebrate spring with every warm moment of sun and emerging new shoot - don't forget if you plan a spring holiday here in Cornwall that the big open gardens are especially stunning now - mostly planted on acidic soils, that support a stunning display of Azaleas,Camellias Rhododendrons and Magnolias, in a kaleidoscope of colour that you may only dream of and a  visit are a real pick-me-up after long dull winter months When planning your tour you should definitely put Trewidden, Trengwaiton  both near to Penzance and then a little bit further afield Trebah garden is one of my favourites or for something new fresh and unique, a newly emerging garden I would recommend is Tremenheere Sculpture Gardens  ....I wonder if they have rabbits!?