Ravendale House

We’ve had loads of snow here over the last few weeks, much more than in the last 11 years. No gardening going on, but I found this picture which made me smile. Perhaps I’ll go out and build a snowman!

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Spring

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I know I’ve been a bit absent recently. That’s partly because I’m not doing any gardening at the moment, but also because we’ve just had the most stressful 8 weeks imaginable.

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Today we gave ourselves a day off and visited the annual open day of the Lincolnshire Trust For Cats, which is held not far from where we live. I love my garden as you know, but my first love is actually cats.

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Well it’s that time of year again. To paint or not to paint, that is the question. The outside of the house that is.

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Yes, we had a whirlwind last week and I missed it!

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Ornamental grasses. What’s all that about then? It’s a mystery to me, I just don’t get them.

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It is said that ‘one year’s seeding makes seven years’ weeding’. Old wives tale or fact? (more…)

I think it’s time to take stock of the gardening year, after all we are half way through 2009 now. Doesn’t time fly when you’re having fun!
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A few years ago when were living in our previous house, we did some alterations to the garden that required some extra top-soil. We checked the local paper and found a farmer who would deliver a ton of top-soil for a reasonable price, and even better than that he would deliver it the same day.

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