Gardening
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Supervision
I went out to clear what was left of the leaves this afternoon. They are all gone, apart from bizarrely, a single red apple bravely clinging on. I had almost finished when the…
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Fairy Rings and pressed flowers
I noticed that we have some “fairy rings” of mushrooms on our lawn. They haven’t affected the grass and I think they are rather sweet (although if you search for information about them…
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Two Gardeners
There are leaves all over our back garden, very pretty but they will ruin the lawn if they are left to rot. I spent some time racking them up, and then J came…
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Cat and mushrooms
We have a fantastic crop of mushrooms at the moment – not only this huge one, but others on the front lawn in more or less the traditional “fairy ring” formation. I keep…
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And then there were two…
I felt that the basement was lacking a certain something, so we purchased a second aspidistra. The original plant – called Distra is going strong – he was pretty small when we got…
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My Dad would have been proud
My Dad (who died aged 93 two years ago) would have been very proud of my accomplishment this week. He was a jam and jelly maker (and eater) par excellence, and no year…
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Fruits of the garden
For all we are in an urban setting, the garden is full of life (too much so in one respect as I have just had to buy some insect repellent as I keep…
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Waterlilies
We have three small ponds in our back garden. One of them I call the “secret pond” because it was so overgrown we didn’t know it was there and I found it by…
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Eggs and Pumpkin
I found this egg shell on the lawn under the cherry trees yesterday. It was cleanly broken in half with no residue on the inside making it likely that it is the discard…
