I had a little nut tree....

One Happy I'd like to share with you...

Before we moved to Poppy Cottage 18 months ago we lived in Milton Keynes in Walnut Tree.

Behind our house was Walnut Tree Farm.

And in Walnut Tree Farm was, yes, you've guessed, a walnut tree.

It was a beautiful tree, but the trouble was, it blocked the evening sun from our garden.

Not long after we moved I was planting out some plants we'd brought with us, and in one of the pots I found a walnut with a tiny shoot growing.

It must have seeded itself, from the tree in the farm, in the pot when it was in Walnut Tree.

I was really pleased, we'd been in the house in Walnut Tree for 17 years, and it felt like we'd brought a bit of our old home with us!

I carefully planted it back up in a pot and kept it watered all through last summer.

It grew.

Not a lot, but at least it was growing!

In the winter the leaves fell off.

And early this spring when I checked on it there were little buds.

Then along came Annie Airedale.....

And with one swipe the buds were gone!

I moved it out of her reach and tended it carefully

And 

Tah dah!

When it gets too big for the pot I'll transplant into a bigger one

And when it needs planting out it has been promised a spot on a neighbour's land where we can visit and watch it grow!