News from Torrisdale’s grounds team Our estate team has grown over the past few months and we’ve now added a part-time Ranger (Steve) and a full-time WWOOFer (Rona) to our ranks. Steve joins us from an estate on the Derbyshire-Nottinghamshire border where he worked as Deputy Head of the Grounds & Forestry Department. He also …
Blue sky and a perfect summery day yesterday, good to be working in a t-shirt again without a cloud in the sky. The walled garden is the perfect sun trap and even though the midges made an appearance they’re not quite biting yet. Unfortunately the sun didn’t last and the rain’s returned with a vengeance, …
Sally was up visiting me at Glen House and became a short term wwoofer for one week. We started clearing the lost paths from the walled garden to the castle (pics to follow) and clearing bracken along the main drive to create more space for tree planting. We did a little research on bracken and …