On being ruthless
How many of you have areas in the garden which are not pleasing? Maybe there are too many self-seeded plants or something has spread too ...
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Am I too old for this?
It is my birthday today, the last one before my 70th and this is very hard to come to terms with. For years I have ...
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The weather (again)
I've probably said before that I will keep doing this work, running the nursery, growing the plants and opening the garden until we have a ...
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Time flies
It's such a long time since I last wrote here mainly due to being exhausted at the end of each day. This is not helped ...
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Lockdown Part two Day 36
Since last writing at the very beginning of the lockdown I can now get back to this. The long gap is not due to complete ...
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Storm Ciara
This had been forecast from a few days ago and has caused me much anxiety. I can worry about anything but strong winds can cause ...
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Not gardening
Is there life other than my working life? Well, there is but there is no doubt that the time spent gardening or growing plants is ...
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Mid-december 2019
Late autumn/early winter is normally the best time for me to get things done in the garden. I'm not talking about the general maintenance which ...
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Mid September 2019
I'm almost hyperventilating with excitement/anticipation/worry and specific and non-specific anxiety. There are some very positive things happening right now and I'm most concerned about how ...
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