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Tag Archives: 366 days and 26 years in my garden
366/366: full circle
An achievement in itself has been managing to blog every day of the year. I am commemorating this auspicious occasion with some good news. The semi-circle of shame is no longer. I mentioned that I would do the grand unveiling … Continue reading
365/366: mulch ado about nothing
Sorry Shakespeare, for torturing your title, but hooray and hallelujah, the pile of mulch is done and dusted. Thanks to my husband’s concerted effort on his days off, the final deadline has been achieved, (by the end of the year), … Continue reading
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364/366: containment issue: english ivy
You might plant an innocent little cutting, and within a few months or years it has insiduously taken over part of the garden. However, some of these plants are very attractive, so it becomes a containment issue, such as with … Continue reading
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Tagged 366 days and 26 years in my garden, driveway, English ivy, garden ideas, mulch, my garden, project 365
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363/366: new home for a conifer
One of our many Castewallen Gold conifers had some offspring. Situated just in front of the rhododendron, a successful cutting I took from the huge purple-flowered one in the front yard, is the rogue conifer. As the conifer has grown … Continue reading
362/366: black and blue
The blue chair I bought recently at a garage sale has had a makeover, and is now black. As you can see, Zorro approves either colour scheme, which leads to a question: can cats differentiate between different colours? And how … Continue reading
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Tagged 366 days and 26 years in my garden, cane chairs, cat photos, project 365
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361/366: the companion marigold
Marigolds are apparently good companion plants for tomatoes, so I bought a few of the potted ones to have in the house on Christmas Day and to later plant in the garden. Although this is an expensive way to buy … Continue reading
359/366: wishing you mulch joy
Know thy limitations could be an alternate title. Why do we try to get so many things done “by Christmas”? I have mentioned before that I work best to a deadline, but sometimes you also have to be realistic. This … Continue reading
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357/366: a plum’s net worth
When you find a plum on the tree pecked this much, it is time to net the rest. Determined to cover as much of the fruit on all three trees with the 4 x 10 metre netting that I had … Continue reading
356/366: palmistry
This type of palmistry has nothing to do with reading the lines on my hand, or anybody else’s for that matter. Our quest for a garden with a tropical flavour led us to a Palm Sale last Saturday. The rain … Continue reading
355/366: potentially a secret garden
Still working on the giant pile of mulch, I found another good spot to offload some. Underneath the two Pittosporum eugenioides “Variegartum” I collected and removed dead branches and some english ivy, ready for seven barrowloads of mulch. My husband … Continue reading
