The calendar says it is May, but if you notice the clothes people are wearing you'd think it was February. At least we seem to ...
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The demand for plants is far higher than normal. There is a general shortage caused in part by Brexit and partly due to Covid. Importing ...
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I hadn't realised how long it's been since I wrote anything here. But in many ways not a lot has changed. The lockdown goes on ...
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Yes, I'm at home and grumpy about the cold wet weather which is preventing me from doing anything outside, again. There are days when I ...
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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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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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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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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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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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How quickly things change. The coronavirus is spreading fast causing some selfish people to panic buy which has left many supermarket shelves empty. Schools closed ...
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After what feels like never ending days of rain and grey skies I wake to see frost and brilliant blue skies. I wish the weather ...
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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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