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A walk through the garden …
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Posted in Spring
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Evening sunshine in May
Sadly Helen is very ill and unable to post on her blog anymore. However she is sleeping in bed facing her beautiful garden and when she wakes up she can take in the lovely view. Clive went out yesterday evening … Continue reading
Posted in Spring
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a little before and a little after
These two photos show the design of the garden in year 2003. The idea was that the formal grass paths and small circular lawn gave structure and formality to the planting which was fairly unstructured – because I am … Continue reading
Posted in Autumn, Flowering plants, Grasses, Plants, Shrubs, Spring, The seasons
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a little tenderness….
We made a visit to one of our local garden centres yesterday afternoon. This particular one lives up to it’s name – Down To Earth. They sell lots of bedding plants and several small pots as multi-buys. We weren’t … Continue reading
Posted in Grasses, Plants, Shrubs, Spring, Uncategorized
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what a difference a day makes…….
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
Posted in Building in the garden, cutting back, Grasses, Plants, Shrubs, Spring, Uncategorized
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Dismal looking day
Looking out of the patio doors onto our garden, I see nothing at the moment that would induce me to get out into the garden, even if I were fit and able! It is overcast, damp and windy. Where has … Continue reading
Posted in Spring, Uncategorized, Wildlife
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Is supervision needed?!
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
Posted in compost, cutting back, Flowering plants, Plants, Shrubs, Spring, Uncategorized
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cutting back in the garden
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
Posted in compost, compost heap, cutting back, Grasses, Plants, Spring, Uncategorized
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building a new compost heap
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
Posted in Building in the garden, compost heap, Spring, Uncategorized
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