Category: Garden
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Reasons to be Cheerful
Three cheers for the National Trust as they plough on ahead whilst others squabble. Especially as I can pat myself on the back for including some of the species they mention. https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2022/nov/03/national-trust-to-plant-1200-hectares-of-flower-filled-grassland-in-devon The opening of this introduction resonated with me so that I simply had to buy it after reading >>> ‘There is a common…
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Toad Hall
Yesterday and today are not quite going to plan; I had my covid booster shot, which has always caused a reaction. Plus my arm feels like it’s been punched by Mike Tyson. The corncockles are sprouting like the scabiosa seed head. Thought that perhaps they would all stand a better chance of surviving if they…
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Worth the Effort
Nothing became trapped in the basin overnight. The angle of the branches was easily fixed by propping them on the plant baskets. The corkscrew rush Juncus effusus Spiralis is sat on top of an upturned flower pot to put it in the right water depth level and the spiked water milfoil Myriophyllum spicatum is placed…
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Making the Bed
That was surprisingly exhausting. From this >>> To this >>> The stones around the basin were put to one side during excavation, washed off and placed around the basin to prevent the soil being washed straight into the water. I think the slope on the branches is too steep, so something will be done about…
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Pond Plan(t)s
A surprisingly exhausting afternoon. Maybe I was spoilt by my old garden with the spit and a half of good Norfolk clay; this garden appears to be 4 inches of topsoil over hoggin and is very arduous to make any progress but I have the bulk of the hole ready for the next stage. I…
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Joke
I saw this in the BTL comments in my usual paper >>> A man in a hot air balloon realized he was lost. He reduced altitude and spotted a man below. He descended a bit more and shouted: “‘Excuse me, can you help me? I promised a friend I would meet him an hour ago but…
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Bird Houses, Basin and Bog
Mr Fluffy was thrilled with the prospect of hanging the bird boxes; well it involved doing manly things with drills and justified all the other paraphenalia he has accumulated inside the shed they now hang on. He waited very patiently while I spent a good long time clearing away the viscious brambles so he could…
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Harming with kindness
Accept and enjoy garden life. “Slugs and snails have been demonised but they are actually really important in breakdown of material and a food source for other types of animals that are more desirable, like frogs or toads. Be a bit more accepting of new sorts of life forms and maybe if you look at…
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(In)Action
https://www.wildlifetrusts.org/actions I found this link last evening and woke up full of enthusiasm to create a gravel pool (listed on the gravel gardens link, lots of splendid ideas here) so spent some hours attempting to discover answers for the obvious questions. Google interpret pool as ‘swimming pool’, mainly; it worked so much better when search…
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Rooting for Robins
Our landlord pointed out that my planting would be in the way for accessing the roof; silly of me to overlook this, especially as the low flying military choppers rattle the old slates periodically so that it is a relatively frequent issue. Even though I went a bit excessive with the annuals, there are a…
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