Having complained endlessly about the rain and the soggy, boggy garden I find to my surprise that the ground is beginning to dry up. We ...
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We have just come back from a few days away in Portugal where we visited friends who live near Portalegre. They picked us up from ...
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Its snowing again. The previous lot which fell last Sunday and the previous Friday was just beginning to thaw around the edges. But the temperatures ...
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New Year's Day saw us going out for lunch so we missed most of the beautiful and rare sunshine that day. But I've been out ...
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I had a brief splashy walk round the garden today which didn't exactly lift my spirits. Its so very water-logged and I wonder how many ...
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One frustrated gardener has had to find something to do which can't be gardening because the ground is too wet and claggy. So, armed with ...
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last night we travelled over to Ullingham to give a talk on Beautiful Borders. This was the last talk ever and pleased to say. The ...
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Its time for me to admit defeat and come to terms with the fact that it will be impossible to do any gardening for the ...
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There seems to be very little chance of getting any winter gardening done this year due to the excessive amount of rain we've had. The ...
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I wonder why those who wish to try and sell things with multi-spam messages on our blog do not write in anything which could be ...
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Does anyone know why some of our willows have canker and die-back? It surely can't be due to lack of rain. Today I cut back ...
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Our garden at Bridge Nursery has been open for the National Garden Scheme every day since April. Last year we raised the grand total of ...
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