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There’s a real satisfaction in the achievements that take a long time to mature, whether in the garden or elsewhere, and gardening lends itself to these long term aims. Not many quick fixes here. And some of the plants that … Continue reading
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Firstly an admission. I got it wrong, when I said that Crocus ‘Cream Beauty’ seemed to be sterile. This followed last year’s attempts to self pollinate it with no apparent success and discovering that there didn’t appear to be viable … Continue reading
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This has proved to be the most difficult post to put together so far, and will end up I fear, being rather bitty but mainly because of the last political section. So I’ll include lots of garden photos early on, … Continue reading
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It’s strange how things just happen. The ‘chance events’ which occur and sometimes lead us off in new directions of thought or action. Last week after finishing my post with thoughts on helping my mother-in-law prepare to leave the family … Continue reading
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Last week the plea was for rain. 2 days later it thankfully arrived, but not before 2 interesting events which happened because of the long unseasonal drought. The first was seeing smoke rising from an immature oak wood on the far … Continue reading
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After what was perhaps the biggest global internet media event ever, the wedding of Prince William and Catherine Middleton, I had to start with a brief mention of Lily of the Valley. We inherited ours when we moved into a … Continue reading
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How do you deal with weeds in a garden ? And what constitutes a weed in a garden anyway? A visitor last year, walked through our vegetable and fruit garden and remarked that we allowed a pernicious weed, Creeping Buttercup, … Continue reading
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There was a certain satisfaction in managing to eat our first forced rhubarb of the year, roasted simply in the oven with orange juice and sugar, 4 days before Jill Archer mentioned that it was too soon for her to prepare … Continue reading
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Going away from a garden at this time of the year is always risky. Every day brings dramatic new growth, flowers and of course this is when the battle with annual weeds really begins in earnest. Still another couple of … Continue reading
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We’ve just returned to the fresh air of Wales after a rare trip to London. We haven’t visited the (English) capital for over a decade, and were very pleasantly surprised by how much cleaner and graffiti free it has become … Continue reading
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Fiona is used to getting excited shouts from me to ‘Come and have a look at this’, usually at pretty inconvenient times, and often after dark! One such happened a couple of nights ago when I went out about 9 … Continue reading
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There’s nothing like the prospect of visitors, combined with longer days and dry weather to kick off another garden project, just after we’d decided all our major works were completed. In this case, it was reassessing an area we’d worked … Continue reading
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The aim was to do a once weekly post – more than this, and I run the risk of being accused by Fiona of becoming obsessed with this new blog thing. More to the point, when can I snatch computer … Continue reading
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The temperatures haven’t improved much here over the last week. Still little rain, and some quite frosty nights, so it’s only in the last 2 days, that Narcissus “February Gold”, and N. obvallaris, the Tenby Daffodil have struggled to open … Continue reading
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The garden has been in a state of suspended animation over the last week. Influenced by the high pressure which has dominated recent weather patterns, we have had gloriously sunny days, no rain and hard frosts at night. Good for … Continue reading
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As we pass St.David’s day with only a few Narcissus ‘Tête-à-tête’ in bloom, we have at least the Crocus to lift the spirits as the temperatures drop, the wind blows from the East, and at last today, dawn till dusk … Continue reading