Daisy in the Garden

Friday, 28 November 2025

A Bumper Harvest of Kale

Today I very carefully ,with my poorly back , swept the leaves as best as I could from the gravel bed .

Wheeled them up to my vegetable garden . Pulled back the netting to get a better look at my Kale .

It's looking very good . I grew three varieties of Kale this year . Vates Blue , Rossignol Kale and Cavolo Nero Kale .

They've all done very well and I picked a good bowl full .

They could stand through the Winter months , but I decided to harvest and freeze them away now .

I tipped the leaves over the now empty vegetable bed and covered it all over with some cardboard that I'd been saving .

There's a couple of Sprouts in there too . I doubt they'll amount to anything much , but I left them in , just in case .

I made sure it is all weighted down . We have some severe weather warnings issued for next week .

More wind and rain .

Kale - not my most favourite vegetable , but very good for us . Nice with a blob of butter !

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Wednesday, 26 November 2025

November Daffodils - Gyllyngvase Beach

We stopped off to take a closer look at the Daffodils in Queen Mary's Gardens , Falmouth .

Through the gate and you're on Gyllyngvase beach ! .........

Gyllyngvase -which translated means William's Grave , named after William the Conqueror's grandson and heir to the throne ,William Adelin's body is said to have been recovered , brought to and buried here , after his ship The White Ship struck a submerged rock and sank .

It is said that 300 other passengers also lost their lives in the disaster in 1120 .

It is very strange because the ship is said to have actually gone down in the English Channel not far from Barfleur Normandy .... a very long way from here .

Why would he have been buried here ?

No idea how this tale came to be ? Anyone know ? Feel free to let me know in the comments below .