Category Archives: Building in the garden

what a difference a day makes…….

Posted on April 20, 2013 by admin

Well, it does make a difference – at least in our garden….. And warm enough to have lunch outside and a lovely cuppa – courtesy of Clare next door – mmmmmm Mark has been cutting back – very correctly this … Continue reading →

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John’s photos

Posted on April 16, 2013 by admin

I have uploaded some photos that John took yesterday.  He needs to get out and take some more in the morning, as some of the photos face the sun which is always difficult. Here is the link: https://pygardens.co.uk/day-by-day-in-the-garden/15-4-13 The lovely … Continue reading →

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Last week’s work in the garden

Posted on April 9, 2013 by admin

Well, apart from building the new compost boxes, and spreading the old compost onto the vegetable beds (soon to be filled with potatoes), Mark did some other garden work – and we have photos to prove it too! He swept … Continue reading →

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cutting back in the garden

Posted on April 6, 2013 by admin

Mark and I in the summer house   Cutting back……..No, not in the financial sense…. We didn’t cut back all the old growth from our herbaceous perennials and grasses in the autumn and so have that job to do as … Continue reading →

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building a new compost heap

Posted on April 5, 2013 by admin

It appears that I haven’t even said who I am in my blog!  My name is Helen and I am a retired nurse – I took early retirement due to ill-health. Enough said about that.  One of the most important things in our … Continue reading →

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the zig zag garden path

Posted on April 3, 2013 by admin

Well today I have managed to upload another slide show of seven photos showing the zig zag path being built.  Our garden is very steep and I am less able these days to get about and so Mark and John … Continue reading →

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Putting up a slide show

Posted on April 2, 2013 by admin

Well, I had better start writing something, hadn’t I? Mark and I have loved our garden from the word go…..It was terribly overgrown when we moved in and it has had several make-overs in the last 15 years.  I intend … Continue reading →

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