Cornflowers

As soon as Tsar was laid to rest by the cats, I promised everyone that I’d fill their resting quarter of the veg patch with beautiful flowers.

Yesterday I sowed cornflowers. Wow. So many seeds in one little packet! Fingers crossed.

Next I’ll be sowing Queen Anne’s Lace, which is a posh name for Cow Parsley.

Virtually every verge and hedgerow around here has cow parsley – which I’ve loved since I was a small child. For me it is THE iconic plant of the British countryside.

A tiny meadow in a tiny village in the back of beyond :o)

P.S. Yes. Poppies will be next.

The Ravens of Dinefwr Chronicles

The Ravens of Dinefwr is the first in a series of novels-in-progress set in the early 12th century. It follows the dispossessed members of the South Wales House of Dinefwr from their origins in Deheubarth to the centre of the known world, Jerusalem. Come and be my fellow Far-Farer. Come travelling and unravelling with me through Wales, Norway, Ireland, England, Scotland, France, Russia, Constantinople, Italy, the Balkans, the Holy Land. Come and Far-Fare through every degree on my 12th century compass.