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25 Jan 2009starting to bud... azalea Budding and Frontyard gardenNeed to think about moving this as it’ll bloom soon and I’ll miss the flowers where it is at the moment.Overcast 7°C / 45°F
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25 Jan 2009cuttings from bunch of flowers chrysanthemum pink tinge and Is it growing yet? gardenTaken cuttings from a couple of bunches of flowers to see if they will grow on.Overcast 7°C / 45°F
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19 Jan 2009Arghhh! All the tasks I haven't done yet! 2Rainy 6°C / 43°F
just looked at my task list and realised how little of it I have managed to get done over the last few months. Now feel like I shouldn’t put any more tasks down on the list, even though there’s a load more to do… must sort out pots for chrysanth cuttings next week.
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15 Jan 2009Flowering 'Snappy' the Venus Fly Trap Blooming and Is it growing yet? gardenJust noticed a flower spike coming up on this plant – looked up growing information and it’s best to remove them if plant is under a year old. Not sure how old the plant is as it was purchased not grown from seed but will err on the side of caution and wait till it’s flowered a ...5°C / 41°F
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11 Jan 2009Slimline tonic for the summer garden. 1Hurray! Snow has gone and yesterday temps hit a balmy 8c and we celebrated by going out with only a fleece (not a woolly hat, glove, double layer of socks, welly boot in sight!) and pretending it was summer! Rain has set in today but finally managed to replace the most missed item from the last g...Rainy 8°C / 46°F
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07 Jan 2009OK, now very bored of cold weather...temps set to rise at weekend! 1 22°C / 36°F
Something’s been digging in the new flowerbed, have list of suspects, fox, squirrel, jay, cat. Luckily none of the bulbs were disturbed. Snow finally beginning to melt. Have taken very few photos as the weather has been horrible, grey, freezing and foggy…
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04 Jan 2009Snow! 2Woke up to a lovely covering of snow everywhere…walking to school in the snow was funny, snowball fights, abominable snowman impressions, singing snow-themed songs.. we felt very smug as all the cars were crawling along.. will try and get out later and get some garden photos.Snow 2°C / 36°F
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31 Dec 2008New Year, new shears... 1Overcast 3°C / 37°F
Lovely Xmas pressie of a pair of new bypass secateurs with pretty William Morris designed patterned handles(Wandle print). Unfortunately nothing in the garden at moment to try them out on…
This sunrise was around the solstice (I think). Lots of very heavy frosts and grey days.
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29 Dec 2008Huge frost!Temps down to -6*C very early this morning…brrr!n Upside is bright blue glittery day today!Rainy -3°C / 27°F
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21 Dec 2008I've just noticed... 3Just been outside, and noticed not only that it’s drizzling and very mild but that lots of bulbs are on their way up in the front garden and the roses have new shoots after their pruning a while ago. Shortest day yesterday which means it all downhill to summer from here on in…hurray!Overcast 13°C / 55°F
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