Gardens
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Front garden
Zone 8b The front garden consists of a driveway from the road to the garage and an in front of house parking area, plus areas of 'lawn' and beds for plants.
- 10 plants
- 5 journals
- 0 faves
- 1 comments
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Goat paddock garden
Zone 8b This isn't really a garden - most of the contents have been devoured by my two pygmy goats. Some plants that aren't appetising to them have surviv...
- 5 plants
- 0 journals
- 0 faves
- 0 comments
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Herb garden
Zone 8b The gravel garden is on the western side of the house and gets a lot of sun for most of the day. It was made in 2000/2001, when the original garden...
- 23 plants
- 19 journals
- 12 faves
- 2 comments
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Neglected kitchen garden
Zone 8b This part of the garden is currently in a state of neglect. Up until about 3 or 4 years ago it was fairly well-tended and was divided into areas ...
- 1 plants
- 1 journals
- 0 faves
- 0 comments
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Pond garden
Zone 8b The pond is located in my woodland garden. It was there when I moved in and appears to be a fairly natural one (no liner). The water level fluctua...
- 5 plants
- 6 journals
- 2 faves
- 1 comments
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Woodland wildlife garden
Zone 8b When I moved to this house in 1997, this part of the garden was described as a water meadow. It slopes gently down to a stream, and a natural pond ...
- 15 plants
- 18 journals
- 2 faves
- 1 comments
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I love to grow
Herbs and plants that attract wildlife. I also like to grow fruit and veg, but haven't had much time for these lately.
Hobbies
Photography, nature, getting stuck into a good book








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