Category Archives: Tales from Crafty Dog Gardens

Where there’s a will…(there’s usually a solicitor)…

For those of you still catching up on the Crafty Dog Garden’s blog, this was the first Facebook post on the Crafty Dog Gardens page back on 1st July

There’s something of a party atmosphere here at Crafty Dog Towers today; that Gardener’s Lad and his mentor the Head Gardener now have their own FB page! Well, you all know that because you are reading this(!). Higgins the Butler has asked Cook to bake a small cake by way of celebration but she wouldn’t have any of it. Thursday is steamed pudding and not sponge cake. Instead I have heard that the Head Gardener has a small bottle of his very best Beetroot Gin that they will all have a small nip of. Maybe Mrs Crafty Dog and I will be included in that.
BTW I think I have found where he is hiding his still.

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What could the Head Gardener be keeping in there?

Meet the Quirky Staff at Crafty Dog Towers

Sounds Intriguing?

Here at Crafty Dog Towers we have a fairly large (fictional) cast of staff;

  • Mr. Grout, the Head Gardener
  • Pendulous Sedge (Pendle, the lazy) Gardener’s Lad
  • Higgins the Butler,
  • Cook
  • Alice, the Kitchen Maid
  • Mrs Chamberlain, Housekeeper
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Pendle, that Lazy Gardener’s Lad.

These whimsical tales largely revolve around the antics of Pendle and his mentor, Mr Grout, the Head Gardener. Pendle is a tall thin streak of a lad. He is not the sharpest shovel in the shed. Still, he is loved by everyone for his simple honesty. Grout is that typical earthy old sort who managed the gardens of country houses in the last century. He has a touch of ingenuity and cunning. This means he always has some idea to make him rich, usually without Mrs Crafty Dog and I knowing. These stories began during the dark days of COVID on our Facebook page. They are now a Blog in their own right.

I hope that they make you smile!

S.L. Bannatyne