The allotment kept me awake the other night. It was the raspberries. And my greed for space. My original plan had a fruit bed 4m x 1m, the rightmost of the centre beds. There was going to be a row of raspberries with a row of strawberries in front. Only then I wound up with…
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I’ve been sitting at my computer marking time, waiting for the weather to clear so that I can head back up to the allotment for yet more digging. Idly exploring various news sites I’ve come across a couple of articles that gave me little bursts of inspiration. I love those moments when you read something…
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When we first moved here, nearly 10 years ago now, the 1.5m deep border alongside our garage was a mass of field grass with a couple of conifers, a Euonymus ‘Emerald Gaiety’ and a struggling honeysuckle. This is also one of the first things any visitor to the house, or indeed cul-de-sac, sees as it…
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I did actually take the photos yesterday, at the end of April, but then ran out of time. Even though things seem to romping away in the garden at the moment, I don’t think the extra day has changed anything, not least because, apart from the obvious changes that come with Spring and all that…
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