Category Archives: cutting back

more bad weather moments…

Posted on April 27, 2013 by admin

Yesterday we had hailstones tumbling out of the sky and I am told that we had some snow this morning (but I missed it, as I was still in bed). No wonder the daffs took their time coming out. They … Continue reading →

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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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Garden plants

Posted on April 15, 2013 by admin

We’ve had a lovely musical weekend away with the Cobweb Orchestra in Sedbergh, a school village which is overlooked by the Howgill fells in North Yorkshire, and have come home tired but very happy! While there quite a few … Continue reading →

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Is supervision needed?!

Posted on April 11, 2013 by admin

Well, Mark has put a good couple of hours into the garden, and has been taking all the cutting back very seriously indeed. He came in to get the camera as we have lots of frog spawn in the pond … 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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