I’ve been observing Spring sweep in from the sidelines. I’ve kept a close eye on my Edgeworthia, as it became clear that this year, for the first time, it was going to flower. It was worth waiting for too, the fragrance is lovely. I’ve not been entirely housebound, though it feels as if I have…
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I’m not a particularly reflective person. I have learned the value of looking back in order to come to terms with hard things, and to use that to develop better skills for future challenges, but I’m not one for dwelling on the past. If anything, I tend to focus on the future, sometimes to the…
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October has raced past in a blur of unseasonal warmth. I’ve not done much gardening, what with one thing and another, but the addition of the ‘Heavenly Bamboo’ alongside the bargain yellow stemmed dogwood has created a very pleasing little tableau in the back corner of the park border. The back border has seen a…
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I’m in denial. It can’t possibly be the end of September already, not least because it is still so warm and dry here. Only the soft quality of the light and the fact that it gets dark so much earlier really point to it being autumn now. Though a few of the shrubs and trees…
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So that was July then. After the long hot dry spell the weather is now cooler, and all my water butts are full again. At least this is making the newly planted plants happy, not to mention the trees. I’m a day late (went for a lovely walk along a new bit of the Anglesey…
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