All Change

The more eagle-eyed amongst the regular visitors to the Croft Garden blog may have noticed that I have changed the page format and style, and some of you may have though that this was long overdue. My sentiments entirely, and I spent most of last year notquite getting round to it, which also applies to […]

Procrastination is the thief of time

An impossibly monochrome afternoon, the island is dreich and damp. Chronic procrastination is allegedly symptomatic of creativity,  this bagatelle of a post as an excuse for not finishing a very long and tedious report in data mobilisation. A friend recently sent us a photograph of our croft house (now Croft Garden Cottage) taken in the […]

Wildflower Wednesday

Pink PerfectionThrift, Sea Pink,  Rock Rose, Moss Pink, Our Lady’s Cushion, tonna chladaich, Armeria maritima As May approaches our wildflowers are still deep in slumber – sleepy heads waiting for the temperature to rise. However this tough little cushion plant has been in flower for the last two weeks or more – a nectar treat […]