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Category Archives: Garden
Garden Tidying…
After several hours of shifting and tidying I’ve transformed a messy area of the garden into one where I can now store the plant pots. I now realise I have a lot of pots and there are places around the … Continue reading
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Usual Stuff…
I was given this notebook by my brother-in-law who is now a Porsche convert. He recently purchased a 911 Targa (see previous post). I have to confess the Porsche is my preferred vehicle when the sun is shining despite the … Continue reading
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Spring Blossom
Despite the sudden cold snap the UK is experiencing, the trees are in full blossom. The almond tree has always put on a good show however it is very difficult to get a photo of it that does it justice. … Continue reading
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Time Flies…
Yes time flies when you’re having a good time… In the past week I’ve been visited by my “support bubble“. They are a keen gardener so I roped them in to help me plant out one of my borders. The … Continue reading
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Wood and More Wood…
Of course there had to be a post about wood after the removal of the ash tree. There’s a section of garden around where the tree was strewn with large logs and there’s that pile of wood chippings. I’ve started … Continue reading
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Ash Tree Removal
At the end of last week the tree surgeons came and removed the diseased ash tree from the back garden. They also trimmed back the lime trees and the ash at the front. It’s always great entertainment for the neighbours … Continue reading
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Logs and Life…
With the ash tree removal booked for next Thursday I thought it was about time I finished cutting up the wood from when the sycamore was removed in June 2018. With considerable help from Nick and his invaluable log splitter … Continue reading
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Jabs, Tech and Rain
This week I received my Covid-19 vaccination. I received the letter on Tuesday, went immediately on-line and booked a slot for Thursday morning in Grimsby. Following the booking I then received a text message from the local surgery offering a … Continue reading
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Bog Diving…
Over the past month there has been a lot of rain and over night on Thursday an inch of rain has fallen. This hasn’t helped the pond that has formed between the trees on the right of the drive as … Continue reading
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A Winter’s Tale
After several days of cold, wet miserable weather it was, at last, sensible to get outside if only for a short time. The wet weather has flooded the area alongside the drive. It has been wet before but I don’t … Continue reading
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Cooking and Cutting
It’s two weeks since my last posting and looking back there’s not been a lot happening that I can tell you about (there has been stuff but I’m sworn to secrecy about it). The Christmas tree is up and for … Continue reading
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Autumn and more…
With only a few leaves left on the trees woodland walks can be magnificent. Last Sunday, after a wet, grey morning I took a walk on the circuit out of Market Rasen that crosses the railway line a couple of … Continue reading
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Hogs, Holly and more…
I was tidying up the kitchen the other morning, glanced out of the window and there on the lawn was this little hedgehog. It was daylight and it didn’t look fat enough to survive winter. I called Lucie because she … Continue reading
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Carrots, Orange Peel and Bread…
Let’s start with the carrots… like many of my vegetables this year my carrots haven’t been a great success. They were being eaten by a combination of slugs and carrot root fly. From two rows of carrots I managed to … Continue reading
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Lockdown 2.0
As we enter another period of lockdown I’m preparing by exploring things to do when there’s nowhere to go or people to see. My bread making skills have improved dramatically. To be totally honest it has nothing to do with … Continue reading
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Gardening and Cooking
Having realised I had a breadmaker a friend suggested I should get it out of the cupboard. The first attempt using old yeast didn’t work out so I had another go with recently purchased dried yeast. Who would have thought … Continue reading
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Birthday, Leaves and Sculpture
Another year has passed and I had a lovely birthday. A friend made me a cake but there wasn’t room for seventy one candles. I visited Sutton on Sea with a friend for the day and after walking the beach … Continue reading
Baking and Gardening…
Someone once flattered me by referring to me as a “Renaissance Man“. I am not a polymath however willing to try new things with varying degrees of success. I’m happy to try anything from cooking, gardening through to weight lifting. … Continue reading
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Garden Focus
As I spend a great deal of time weeding in the garden I decided to upgrade my hoe. Over the years I’ve owned a number of Wolf garden tools. They are well made and last forever (40 years in my … Continue reading
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Neat Vegetable Plot
I’ve been thinking about tidying up the paths around the vegetable plot for several years. They spawned weeds and it took me as long to weed the paths as it did all the plots. I’m really pleased that the work … Continue reading
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