The Historic District

Hello and welcome!

Beautiful pictures! I love this time of year in the garden.
Hope these don't come out sideways but here are a few I took this morning of my Peonies,I'm not sure how old they are but judging by the size of the root crowns they may have been here as long as the garage which was about 1925!

Love that information James,so interesting ,thank you!
Oh and the jelly sounds nice too!

I agree with James~ Japanese Quince I've always known it as,we actually have a very old large one in the same colour at this house. They happily cope with pruning,had to prune mine hard a couple of years ago after a very hard winter with prolonged deep snow the rabbits stripped the bark of several b...

Yum
Now Oxo cubes I really do miss,Bovril too I always used to put some in my gravy
Hehe poor toads Tasty though!

Haha...Toad in the hole is my go to comfort food with mashed potatoes and onion gravy, I make it regularly! (takes a bit of explaining to those who don't know though!)

That looks soo good Mick! Funnily enough I made my first trifle in years just last Christmas for the American relatives and used homemade sponge ,Madeira wine fresh strawberries ,raspberries and blueberries, home made custard and fresh whipped cream. They all enjoyed it very much and was something t...

English gal here As Jade says above, we grew up with trifle made with Rowntree jelly cubes melted in hot water and poured over sponge fingers( ladies fingers here?) or sliced Swiss roll-yum-with tinned fruit added and allowed to set and then Birds custard layered on top and then something called Dre...

Congratulations~ at last! Wishing you both every happiness in your lovely new old home!

Oops I forgot to say I also love your house and that porch light is wonderful!