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It’s the little things
Don’t you find that day to day, it’s the little things which bring you the most happiness? To be clear here, I’m putting family and health to the side as they are pretty major things in my mind. I’m also not including wealth – have you seen how miserable the truly wealthy look these days?…
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The plants, me or the neighbour’s cat?
Who has been the most ‘productive’ this weekend? I hadn’t planned on doing a ton of stuff this weekend as I just wanted to relax after finishing the home-schooling but apparently, I can’t sit still. I’ve been doing some sewing/repairing/knitting of various things but I’ll show you them at a later time when I actually…
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Garden herbs and summer fruits – the harvest begins
At last I am able to get out into the garden and start bringing in some of our home-grown goodies. Today, I got a load of herbs which I will probably dry although I used some fresh for the soup I made for dinner. My sage is growing really well which I love but the…
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Recognising seedlings when weeding – parsnips
It’s an important part of weeding – recognising plants you want to keep when they are at seedling stage and this week it was the parsnips I was weeding. The area I had to clear had the little bit of the onion patch on one side which I hadn’t quite finished, and the patch with…
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Summer pruning fruit trees
It was time to prune my cherry and plum trees as the weather has warmed and their appearance was unruly to say the least. Stone fruit trees should be pruned in the warmer summer months as they are prone to infection in the winter when they can’t heal the cut wounds so well. This can…
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A mixed weekend of progress, rain and gardening (plus some blog news)
At the beginning of the weekend, I didn’t think I would be getting much done. We did get a thunder storm on Friday afternoon and I was sure that was to set the tone for the next few days. I wasn’t far wrong! Some indoor jobs were necessary so I was pleased to get the…
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You can’t trust ants (they are in cahoots with the aphids!)
When I saw an aphid infestation on my willow tree, I thought to myself ‘don’t panic, there will be a biological control along soon enough’. When I saw the ants I thought the problem was solved. I was wrong. It turns out when you see something like this: It is a beautiful example of a…
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Making a fairy garden (part 1)
If you listened to this weeks episode of my podcast, you will know I have decided to turn part of the front garden into a fairy garden. There is a patch at the side which just has a lilac and bits and bobs and doesn’t look particularly pleasant. So, I got my thinking cap on…
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Finally transplanting tomatoes and cucumbers into polytunnel
Thanks to the great Scottish weather we’ve had for the last few weeks, my plants are really suffering but I’ve finally managed to get some tomatoes and a few ill-looking cucumbers transplanted into the polytunnel on the plot. I’ve used the string method, where you tie the string to a bar at the top of…
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How am I supposed to grow with this?
I can’t stress enough how desperately I need to get my tomatoes and courgettes etc planted out – but – the weather, oh the weather. Ok, I know it’s a cliche that us Brits go on about the weather but if you’re not from here there are 2 things (probably more) that you need to…
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A Weekend of Garden Work
How can I work in the garden all weekend and still not be done? I ask myself that question as I sit, with tired arms and bits of dirt still in my eyes. I mean, I tidied the front as much as I could by cutting the grass, going round the edges a bit and…
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Garden Visitors
Spending time with the bees and butterflies in the garden. I wanted to round this week off by sharing a couple of snaps I got today when I was in the front garden. I’ve done a lot of pruning of trees there and haven’t been able to get to the branches to cut them down…
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