Can I Tell You A Story?
the rusty duck blog
About A Cottage In Need Of Work..
And the undeniable truth of Sod’s Law: If it can go wrong, it will.
Of Extreme Gardening..
When there is no such thing as ‘light weeding’. Now, where did I leave the crampons?
It Helps To See The Funny Side..
Be it a foot through the ceiling or the recalcitrant wildlife. What other way is there?
The Author
Jessica. 5′ 1″. 110 pounds. Wife to Mike.
Serial house renovator. Never the easy ones.
Gardener and wildlife lover. Yes, the two are mutually incompatible.
Occasional traveller. Far too occasionally.
Listed by The Telegraph as one of ‘The Garden Bloggers You Should Be Following’.
Eternal optimist. Well OK then, most of the time.
You Heard It Here First: The Breaking News..
One Man Went To Mow..
..went to mow a meadow. And in the long grass things can always be waiting to trip you up..
After Storm Callum
Ruffled. It's a good word to describe this October so far..
On The Tiles
Not a night on the tiles. Or a day on the tiles. Or even several days on the tiles.. But it's getting there.
Trentham Gardens, Staffordshire
Lancelot (Capability) Brown. Piet Oudolf. Tom Stuart-Smith. Nigel Dunnett. An unlikely combination? Not here..
The Garden House, Devon
The Garden House is viewed as one of the finest gardens in Britain. And who could disagree with that?
Sliding Softly into Autumn
Is Autumn earlier this year? It certainly looks like it..
Feeling The Heat
Old house challenges meet modern technology. And there'll ne'er be such a thing as a chilly bath..
The Bunker
Welcome to The Bunker. Plus, the trails and tribulations of the temporary bathroom. And a grand day out.. not!
August Is Bloomin’ Lovely
The hot, hot colours of summer have arrived. And a touch of autumn. What already?
You Have To Laugh.. Or Else You'd Cry
Congratulations and thanks for four years, it’s so much more entertaining when I’m not the one sliding downslope bottom first..
I’m crying Jessica.. hilarious!
A good way to start the day – catching up on your blog. It’s such a joy.