Building a garden from scratch is easier said than done, but for 15 years that is exactly what we did at Ravendale House.
It was often hard work, but we loved it and the result was our 'blank canvas' of 1998 was transformed into a beautiful and productive garden, which I hope you have enjoyed reading about in this blog.
But tide and time wait for no man and sad to say I am no longer able to give the garden the attention it deserves. It would break my heart to see it fall into disrepair, so the time has come to move on.
I will continue this blog in memory of 15 happy years gardening, but I don't have a garden at the moment so will start by telling the story of the last 9 months, so if you want to read the story from the beginning, please click here.
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Yesterday I decided to try out the newly mended lawn mower. The weather was warm, the grass dry, but I’ve had a ride-on mower long enough to know that things are never that simple.
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Sometimes, even in a sleepy back-water like this, you have days that surprise you, and yesterday was one of them.
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Well the last few months have been pretty trying, my mum died in November, my cat in December, one of my oldest friend in January, and a few weeks ago my dad died too.
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Today, for only the second time I think, I am allowing myself to go ‘off topic’. That is because last Thursday we had rather a special day that I’d like to tell you about. But first we have to go back a few years.
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I’m not one who normally suffers from the winter blues, but this year seems to be the exception.
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You know when Steve Redgrave famously said we had to shoot him if he ever went near a boat again?