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Willow blossom and fedge update

(A fedge by the way is a cross between a fence and a hedge, in case you were wondering.) You may remember (though you probably don’t) that several years ago I had the dilemma about what to plant in the lower garden in order to provide some privacy quickly. If you want a quick catch-up, the post is HERE; and then please read on for an update…

Good things come to those who wait

Three years ago I planted a tiny twig in the ground – a special half price offer from J Parkers. At last, my tree peony has flowered, one massive glorious delicate pink flower. It is truly the highlight of the flowerbed and the envy of all the other plants.

Cucumbers galore! Plus other veg.

A round-up of my successes and failures in the vegetable patch last year. (Another lost post which I wrote in August). This year I planted 3 cucumber plants (All Ridge variety as that’s all they had) and 2 tomato plants (one cherry, one normal). Three days later the slugs had eaten the cucumber plants completely and the normal tomato. Very annoyed right now.

Time to make the most of the beautiful weather and get gardening. The Garden Centre was packed this morning – only just found a parking space. Blowsy and Talulah helped me get the vegetable beds ready.

Snowdrops again.

I haven’t done a gardening blog for a while because there hasn’t been a lot to say. To be honest, there still isn’t a lot to say!

Update on the wild garden

November 3, 2009

My arms are killing me today. Yesterday I finally strimmed it down.

The brand new flower bed

Good before and after pictures!

The wild garden

At the end of the top garden which now has grass at shoulder height.

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I’ve got a gardener don’t you know!

“Who has dumped their old tyres in our garden?”

Asked my daughter on her return from school. “Don’t worry, I asked them to”, was my reply. “Why would you want to do that?”

Last autumn I planted 150 of them! I love snowdrops!