Ravendale House

Today I’ve had a lovely day out with my gardening chum, Sylvia. We went to Scawby Walled Garden a small, relatively unknown jewel in the crown of North Lincolnshire.

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In the bottom corner of our field we have an old tree, it’s actually planted in next doors field, but it feels like ours. The reason for this is that it is gradually falling down and has chosen to do it in our direction.

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More nice weather and more jobs done, one of which was to give Billy the shed a coat of paint coming up to his second birthday.

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We’ve just had a Bank Holiday weekend and as usual the weather was grim. Cold, wet and very windy.

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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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So there we are, I’ve said it. 2010 is officially my worst gardening year ever.

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Is it me, or do ants have one of the most futile lives of any creature?

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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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I’m not one who normally suffers from the winter blues, but this year seems to be the exception.
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