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Gamekeeper's Cottage

Blogging about gardening and renovating our 1950's farmworkers cottage in the Berkshire countryide

  • Gardening
    • Plot tours and monthly updates
    • Flowers
      • Individual guides
    • Fruit and vegetables
      • Growing guides
  • The big projects
    • Garden paths
    • New native hedgerow
    • Renovations
      • Stable renovation
  • Flora and fauna
  • Miscellaneous
Gamekeeper's Cottage

Author: Ian

Ian is a semi-retired IT consultant, DIY enthusiast and garden potterer and the creator of the GamekeepersCottage.blog website and the associated Gamekeeper's Diary YouTube channel and Instagram page. Join Ian in the journey of renovating Gamekeeper's Cottage and building the gardens from a pretty much blank canvas.

Stables renovation part 3

06/05/2024 Ian Stable renovation

After replacing the tongue and groove cladding at the top of the left-hand end of the stables in October 2023, the next stage in the

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Stables renovation part 2

02/05/2024 Ian Stable renovation

After replacing the entire roof of the stables, our next step in the renovation project was to replace the cladding. After inspecting the front of

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Stables renovation – replacing the roof

29/04/2024 Ian Stable renovation

As I mentioned in my previous post about the state of the stables, the roof was a major concern as in places, not only was

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Stables renovation, an introduction

28/04/2024 Ian Stable renovation

Introduction The stables here at Gamekeeper’s Cottage are one of it’s features that add to the uniqueness of the property. Set away from the property

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The importance of hedgerows

27/04/2024 Ian Miscellaneous

Introduction It is estimated that there are over 700,000km of hedgerows in the UK and that in the last 75 years, the UK has lost

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The obligatory first post – an introduction

27/04/2024 Ian Miscellaneous

About Gamekeeper’s Cottage Gamekeeper’s Cottage is a 1950’s ex-farmworker’s cottage situated in the picturesque Berkshire countryside. Surrounded on three sides by open farmland and on

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