Posts By: Elizabeth

Tulipomania

This Autumn I decided to grow more tulips for  Spring colour so spent ages poring over the Peter Nyssen website www.peternyssen.com having been pointed in this direction by some cottage guests. The bulbs arrived, finally I planted the last one and then forgot about them until my tiny iris  reticulata burst into flower a couple of months… Read more »

Are you watching Poldark?

We are very close to where much of the filming for Poldark took place:                 The Crowns Mines at Botallack – we see the miners walking up from here.           Mine workings  with the Crowns in the far distance. Levant Mine – jut further… Read more »

A walk in the Luxulyan valley near Loswithiel

Determined to explore more of unknown Cornwall this year I readily accepted the invitation to explore this valley with a small group of friends. It was indeed an hour and a quarter’s drive from here but it would be a great stop off for guests on their way down to stay at Boscrowan with a… Read more »