Apples are dropping off the trees as we speak! Gemma, Gail and Mel collected and prepared the first batch for the freezer a couple of days ago. Whilst most of the apples aren’t quite ready yet for picking, it feels great not to waste the windfalls. The pears that have fallen however are too tiny really to be worth using so they will go to the compost and delight the wasps. Large drunken parties of wasps can already be seen in their pear dens!
We said goodbye to James Reeves and his Bliss Divine Yoga group (http://www.blissdivineyoga.co.uk/) on Sunday afternoon. It was their first visit to Poulstone and we greatly enjoyed having them here. They will be revisiting us next summer and James’ groups are open to the general public so do have a look at his site or our courses page if you’re interested. It was nice to have some guests from the Hereford and Welsh borders area with us, even though James is based in Oxford.
We’ve now had a few days to do some gardening and gear ourselves up for the rest of the month (we are now back-to-back till 3rd October!). Gail has been getting up to date with a few jobs in the veg patch – digging up spuds and having a general tidy. After all the lovely warm, dry weather we’ve been having, Mel diligently watered all the flower beds in the parched garden last night – before a night of rain! Should have checked the forecast!
The Reiki Community Gathering are with us from this afternoon. Also a new group to us, we are looking forward to welcoming them.
That’s about it for now. More soon!
Mel & Steve
Poulstone Court Retreat Centre
