Ravendale House

Well I couldn’t put it off any longer, let’s face it, I’ve been putting it off for long enough, 12 years to be precise. Now the old tree is gone I no longer have an excuse not to clear out the ditch.

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I’d almost given up hope of the chaps coming back to cut down the old tree, but yesterday, just 6 weeks after their first visit, they turned up.

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I know I’ve been a bit absent recently, that’s because I’m helping Peter build a new website. But don’t think I haven’t been busy gardening too. (more…)

Today I did some proper gardening, despite my bad knee.

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Today I saw a treecreeper in the garden. Happy St Davids Day.

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A few days ago I did something really silly, and fell very heavily on my left knee. I won’t go into detail, lets just say it involved black bin liners, but I’m lucky not to have broken my knee cap, as I crashed with my full 9 stone on to the concrete.

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Having a garden of this size creates a lot of debris over the years. The green recycle bin provided by the council doesn’t even come close to what we need, so we choose to compost ours or burn it.

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Have I spoken too soon about getting rid of the old tree? I do hope not, but it’s now 10 days since I was feeling smug about it, and no sign of further progress.

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I do like nice surprises that come out of the blue. Take today for example. It started off as a fairly dreary Friday, but took an unexpected turn just after lunch.

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Today I took part in the R.S.P.B Big Garden Bird Watch for 2011. I watched between 10.40am and 11.40am through the kitchen window. Here are my results.

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