Although the British weather is, as always, four seasons in one day, our feathered friends are on their annual hunt for nesting sites. For all those tea lovers out there, this Betty tea pot is just the perfect nesting option – it comes with pre drilled holes, and you can find it at the splendid shop ” The worm that turned”. I can think [...]
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The Perfect Alternative use for a Teapot in Spring – A Bird Nester designed by Robin Brown
Posted in Plants Herbs and Pots, tagged betty teapot nester, robin brown, tea, tea with mary kate, the worm that turned on April 9, 2012 | 4 Comments »
Take Time for Tea in the Kitchen Garden – Idea’s and Inspiration from Tea with Mary Kate
Posted in Plants Herbs and Pots, tagged basil mint, beautiful and pratical, broadbeans ladybirds blackfly, Enchanting Afternoon Tea, http://bit.ly/aUW8CP, inspiration for tea and living, kitchen garden idea's, summer kitchen garden, tea with mary kate, The Quiet Man, time for tea in the kitchen garden on July 4, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
For those of you familiar with the film “The Quiet Man”, you’ll recall the scene when Mary Kate, in her very practical Irish manner, chastises Sean for not growing a cabbage or a potato in the garden of their new home. But no, Sean was creating the rose garden his mother described, when she dreamed [...]
Tea with Mary Kate delights in the gift of a Beautiful Spring Bouquet
Posted in Plants Herbs and Pots, tagged aesthetic, beautiful and pratical, bouquet gift, connecting experience, hope springs eternal, inspiration beautiful bouquet, inspiration for tea and living, mary kate, tea with mary kate on April 14, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Hope springs eternal in the human breast: Man never is, but always To be Blest. So wrote Alexander Pope as long ago as 1733. I believe hope is one of the most precious gifts – it can lift us at our darkest moments, it can sustain us, allow us to believe, to continue. Without it, [...]
Inspiration to Create a Kitchen Garden this Spring
Posted in Plants Herbs and Pots, tagged aesthetic, allotment, beautiful and pratical, connecting experience, cox and cox paper seed pot makers, crocus, growing your own vegeables, inspiration for tea and living, kitchen garden, knowledge of the past, mary kate, organic vegetables, sarah raven, spring, tea with mary kate, victorian cloche, wooden paper pot makers on March 22, 2010 | 2 Comments »
Delicate snowdrops herald the start of spring Spring feels finally like it has finally sprung after what has been a long and hard winter. The snowdrops are braving their beautiful heads into the brighter and brighter sun. I love the spring, the light after the dark, everything is fresh and green, full of hope & [...]

