Gardening
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Mowing the lawn
I got Rowley our Mowrator out of the garage for his first run of the season today. He is a truly brilliant invention which R discovered a few years ago and he has…
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Everything in the garden
Nearly the official end of winter now and things in the garden are coming out big time. Some miniature irises (who knew!) Small daffodils Catkins And last but not least, hyacinths. As soon…
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Camellia coming into flower
There is a lovely Camellia coming into flower right by our drawing room window. At first I thought it was an Azalea but I stand corrected – they will not be out for…
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Lenten Rose
We saw this beautiful plant by our garage door today – it is a Lenten Rose (a sort of Hellebore). Apparently the beautiful markings are there for any Queen bumble bees which are…
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Garden coming up now
Lots of little plants poking through now. As well as the snowdrops (some are now out), we have crocuses coming out as well as a plant with the rather unattractive name of “stinking…
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More early spring
I had a look at the garden today having looked out of the kitchen window to see this. At first I thought it was a “Pussy Willow”, but in fact it is a…
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Walk into Spring
R went for a walk today when I was at church. One of the hymns today was “Awake my soul” – I couldn’t help thinking of J when we got to the line…
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Cats and keyboards
Why do cats like keyboards so much? It has got to be just that they like stopping people working so that they can have their slaves’ full attention. Amber had a go at…
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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…
