Agatha Christie's Greenway (Devon, England) - The House
I can think of two places that we visited where I enjoyed the house more than the gardens. The first was Greenway, not for the house itself, which was surprisingly small and cramped, but for the history behind it and the fascinating mementos on display. Agatha Christie and her husband Max Mallowan were enthusiastic collectors. You can see their collections on display throughout the house - European and Oriental ceramics, pottery, African tribal masks, Egyptian artifacts, Tunbridge ware, china, trinkets, and books. The Morning Room has a portrait of Agatha Christie as a child and her doll Rosie, sitting in a chair - The Drawing Room was where the family would gather in the evenings. Christie would entertain guests by reading chapters from manuscripts of her latest books. Agatha Christie's bedroom. Max always slept on a smaller portable traveling cot (you can see part of it in the foreground). It was his favorite bed and he carried it with him on all of his archaeological travels. N...
It's such a satisfying thump when the mulch hits the bed of the truck. As long a only the view out the rear window disappears all is well. It's great to get all that mulch so fast. Actually I think it's less stress to be in the truck than to see the action from a distance.
ReplyDeleteWe get our mulch this way all the time. I can't imagine having to shovel it all INTO the truck and then having to unload it too. UGH.
ReplyDeleteDo you have to pay for your mulch?? It would be worth it if it was free.
Lisa, it is free but it is rare to have someone load it for you. You usually have to load yourself. A lot of work!
ReplyDeleteExcellent. A truck of the good stuff loaded for free. I know how much work a JCB or similar saves!
ReplyDeleteOur city provided equipment to load trucks once when the compost site was new to encourage people to take some home. Now, it's shovel, shovel, shovel. It is nerve racking but they know better than you how close they are to your truck. Hope it makes your garden grow!!!
ReplyDeleteThe only way we get it loaded for us is to hand the man some cash!
ReplyDeletePhillip, you need to ride with me out to the landfill to show me where to get a load. My big Ram1500 will take a while to fill up and unloaded. Our landfill in Tuscumbia doesn't offer it. Sheffield utilities offered it at one time & I heard they would load. I need call them. Have fun using it. Mary
ReplyDeleteOh if only I had a truck! Had some delivered a years ago, I'm just now getting through all of it.
ReplyDeleteVery cool that the city worker helped you out; that would never happen in my neck of the woods.
I miss the south!