Bright sunny days and a little bit of rain have seen the Japanese Knotweed rear its ugly head in abundance, along with the ground elder, horsetail, couch grass and bindweed, Philip MacMillan Browse cheerfully tells me they got rid of the Knotweed at Heligan by hoeing...it took 9 years.
The pigs are now pork. The Who'd Have Thought It at Milton Combe has been an enthusiastic customer. The proprietor/chef there, Chris Lisney has a way with belly pork and Puy lentils that is enough to make a grown man weep with joy. Go and taste it now!
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BBC Spotlight have been filmiing a series of clips presented by Martin Hesp. So far, they've seen us tackling the brambles, clearing out the outbuildings and coping with the severe frosts the winter brought with it.
Martin Hesp has also been keeping his Western Morniing News readers up to date with a a series of related articles.
Philip MacMillan Browse, recently retired Director of Horticulture at The Lost Gardens of Heligan has kindly offered his support and has been down to help identify the purposes of some of the buildings and structures here.
Volunteers from as far away as Australia are signing up for placements to help get the top garden ready for planting and to help start tackling the weeds and debris in the North & South gardens.
We finally got the Mushroom House cleared and are now harvesting our first crops of delicious white cap and chestnut mushrooms.
