Jan
17
2010
A New Visitor
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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.
Jan
8
2010
Snow
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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!
Jan
1
2010
Size Does Matter
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I’ve spoken before about my garden birds and how I love watching their antics in and around the bird feeder. Well today I’ve been concentrating my attention on a thrush. (more…)
Dec
30
2009
Seasons
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Dec
18
2009
Life
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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.
Dec
1
2009
Brrrrrrr!
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Nov
26
2009
Gardening Grammar
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The gardening year is like well written prose, punctuated like it is with er – – – – – – well, punctuations!
Nov
17
2009
Never too old
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My mum used to say that at her great age she’d seen everything, but in truth there’s always something new and exciting to see however old you are. Take this week as an example.
Oct
28
2009
Various stuff
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I think my body is still operating under British Summer Time. We put the clocks back 3 days ago and yet I’m still waking up at 7.15am instead of 8.15am.
Oct
23
2009
Autumn Colours
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Earlier in the year the flowering cherries were an absolute picture. Their white blossoms shone out to herald the arrival of my favourite season, Spring.