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Growing Sweet Peas…hopefully
I have never declared myself an expert at anything, let alone gardening but I am a very keen amateur. With that in mind, let me show you my recent success with my sweet pea sowing…. I know many people start their sowing in Winter but I prefer to wait till March as we can have…
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Plants – the perfect pick-me-up
There is a lot to be said for the power of a plant. Isn’t it great how a little colour in the garden can help bring some well-needed cheer? I was a little late in the day taking these photos but I am delighted at the colours beginning to ‘spring’ up in the garden (see…
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This must be a good sign?
Is it too much to hope we have passed the worst of the winter weather when we see signs like this: A definite showing of snowdrops but wait, thats not all! It’s alive….! To give us all a bit of hope that Spring is indeed on its merry little way, bringing with it the promise…
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Why Didn’t I See It Before?
Our garden isn’t big – front or back. Our allotment is 10m x 20m – mental note to self to show you more photos of it. However, in the garden, I have planted several pots of herbs, veg and have tried to sow flower seeds wherever I can find a gap. What I’m finding though,…
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For My Garden Bees
I want to take a moment just to say thank you. All your efforts, All your time – not even knowing what you leave behind. Because of you I see fruit, I see flowers, I gather seeds as the season ends. But you don’t know this. So my thank you will be: more flowers. Next…
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5 Ways To Find More Joy In Your Back Garden
(The podcast episode for this post can be found here: https://www.podbean.com/ep/pb-jwrvf-14599ef) We are constantly being encouraged to do more outside or spend more time in our gardens – but what do we do when we get there? How can we make our little patch of Heaven on Earth look more ‘Garden of Eden’ and less…
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Pictures from the Garden to Cheer up Your Monday!
I managed to get a few snaps over the weekend inbetween the downpours so I thought I would share them with you to cheer up your Monday: If you can identify the seed heads of the mystery plant I would be grateful. Let me know in the comments below. They did flower in Spring but…
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