<a href="http://pigyard.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/almond-treesep14.jpg"><img class="alignright size-medium wp-image-1982" src="http://pigyard.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/almond-treesep14-225x300.jpg" alt="almond-tree(sep14)" width="225" height="300" /></a>We've been looking for an Almond tree for a long time and at last we found one in a small garden centre in Louth. We're not certain it will produce almonds but the blossom with be reward enough.

We've placed it in a corner where it will be protected from the wind and frosts and it is also visible from the living area so we hope to see the blossom in the spring.

Jane is busy spreading out a clematis that she planted some time ago. She's been busy putting climbers against most of the perimeter fences so that they will eventually be covered - it may take some time.

<a href="http://pigyard.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/house-north-sidesep14.jpg"><img class="alignleft size-medium wp-image-1983" src="http://pigyard.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/house-north-sidesep14-300x225.jpg" alt="house-north-side(sep14)" width="300" height="225" /></a>After only four months the house is beginning to settle (not literally) into its environment. The Larch timber cladding is changing colour and surprisingly it has lightened more on the north side than anywhere else.

The vegetable plot has given us better produce than any of our previous gardens so we're really pleased and look forward to even better crops next year.