Sanctuary Cornwall

Award winning off grid, sustainably built eco B&B & meeting space, set in its own nature reserve overlooking the Fowey Estuary. Switch off, relax & recharge..

[Sanctuary Cornwall @SanctuaryCornwl]

A little film to cheer up the miserable day - thanks to Rob Butterworth, who stayed with us in the summer for the drone footage.. it’s great to show the Sanctuary in the landscape... #offgrid #carbonneutral @CornwallAONB @GreenTourismUK @tevicornwall @FoweyInfo

[Sanctuary Cornwall @SanctuaryCornwl]

Me too, as much as I can lay my hands on - although don’t believe the myth that it deters slugs - mine march straight over - or under it!

[Bob Flowerdew @FlowerdewBob]

I've tried wool as mulch, brilliant, wish I could get more

[Sanctuary Cornwall @SanctuaryCornwl]

@thevicarofhell Wow! Fantastic - how long will that last?

[Sanctuary Cornwall @SanctuaryCornwl]

Looks like a map of Cornwall!

[Rambling Ray @ray_rambling]

Lovely to see in my local woods today, Uncommon Slime Mould Arcyria ferruginea, which holds a Reddish Pink colour, looking like Salmon eggs. Also present more common Trichia decipiens, stays Orange on White stalks @WoodlandTrust @s4r4h_l #myxomycetes #SlimeMoldSunday

[Sanctuary Cornwall @SanctuaryCornwl]

@domdyer70 It’s the example she has been set…..

[Sanctuary Cornwall @SanctuaryCornwl]

Absolutely stunning!

[Brigit Strawbridge @B_Strawbridge]

Ok, so I'm probably a wee bit biased, but I LOVE my daughter's foxes! 🧡

[Sanctuary Cornwall @SanctuaryCornwl]

I have one outside, which explains why it has never fruited! Chilean guavas on the other hand are plentiful….

[Bob Flowerdew @FlowerdewBob]

Feijoa / Acca sellowiana, Fruit salad, Pineapple guava, hardy but needs the warmth under cover to flower & fruit, as luscious as strawberry when full ripe, superb!

[Sanctuary Cornwall @SanctuaryCornwl]

That’s what I have, Alpine strawbs - prolific in a bed by the kitchen, still fruiting outdoors, and settling themselves in gravel too….have Mara des bois, also still doing well - might bring some of each undercover for next year!

[Bob Flowerdew @FlowerdewBob]

Alpine strawberries, Alexandria allegedly, in hanging bucket in poly tunnel, still fruiting fairly well, next to it Mara des bois still cropping but mould now gets the berries just as before ripen

[Sanctuary Cornwall @SanctuaryCornwl]

@PMGilmartin @CuprinolUK @FarrowandBall And my F&B tins rusted very quickly, so I had to save the paint by putting in a plastic container - not environmentally great, but at those prices…..

[Sanctuary Cornwall @SanctuaryCornwl]

I have to write notes/take pics in the season or I would never remember where they were needed come planting time!

[Jack Wallington @jackwallington]

To show you how much of a monumental loser I am - here’s a sample of the PowerPoint presentation spring-me made for autumn-me to refer back to for allium gap filling. So that’s my job this afternoon since the bulbs have arrived.

[Sanctuary Cornwall @SanctuaryCornwl]

And me! And to think I used to look on Dahlias as ‘boring’! 🫢

[Kate Elliott @columbinehall]

I’m still picking handfuls of dahlias on Cut Flower Friday. 🤗 #CutFlowerFriday

[Sanctuary Cornwall @SanctuaryCornwl]

What a good idea! 👏👏👏

[Darren Lakin @darrenlakin2]

Evening all.
Potager carrots grown in 2 roof ridge tiles I strap together & fill with sieved compost, I also like the structure they add to the beds.
Seems to work....

[Sanctuary Cornwall @SanctuaryCornwl]

I thought my few remaining cavolo neros were toast, but they are happily growing again and giving us greens again! I did read somewhere that most brassicas are perennial, but we have become used to growing them as annuals?

[Sanctuary Cornwall @SanctuaryCornwl]

Mine are nowhere near as beautifully arranged, but dahlias and chrysanthemums still going strong - and a 2nd appearance of Jasmine ‘clotted cream’….

[Kate Elliott @columbinehall]

The sun is shining and we’re in the pink for Cut Flower Friday brought to you this week courtesy of Cosmos ‘Dazzler’ and ‘Candyfloss Pink Sunrise’, Verbena bonariensis and Antirrhinum ‘Apple Blossom’. 🤗 #CutFlowerFriday

[Sanctuary Cornwall @SanctuaryCornwl]

We’ve been doing tasting sessions - we have about 80 new varieties, so very excited to taste test each one!

[Bob Flowerdew @FlowerdewBob]

bake whole and compare

[Sanctuary Cornwall @SanctuaryCornwl]

@darrenlakin2 I have used my old ones for that very purpose! In the polytunnel to protect my parsley from being eaten……

[Sanctuary Cornwall @SanctuaryCornwl]

@PaulaFl3m1ng It’s my favourite too - it is crunchy and slightly sharp, but the later ones if left on the tree are softer and sweeter - I love both!

[Sanctuary Cornwall @SanctuaryCornwl]

@RevRichardColes Severe toothache is soo painful….take care of it - I spent 3 days in hospital when something similar happened - 12 bags of antibiotics 😱

[Sanctuary Cornwall @SanctuaryCornwl]

@PolruanPilot Us too tonight!

[Sanctuary Cornwall @SanctuaryCornwl]

@CarlBovisNature Not forgetting all the ones who escape their fate and go onto breed….we had 6 chicks in our orchard this year…..

[Sanctuary Cornwall @SanctuaryCornwl]

@FlowerdewBob Yep - it’s quite easy to spot visitors who either won’t acknowledge you or look at you as if you are barking mad…..or maybe that’s just me…🤔