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24 Jul 2009water hawthorn Full of potential - renamed Water gardenRainy 27°C / 80°F
This is very pretty, it’s in the feeder bit of the pond and apparently likes the moving water – can’t see the resemblance to hawthorn blossom myself though.
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24 Jul 2009learning from experience 1 Full of potential - renamed Water garden and ThymeAfter trying 8 seedlings on 2 separate occasions I think I will give up on planting out the thyme into the cracks around the pond – it’s either going to the snails or being pecked to death by the birds. This area more than any other in the garden is really all about just seeing which ...Rainy 27°C / 80°F
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22 Jun 2009a froggy visitor 1 Full of potential - renamed Water garden and Back gardenWe spied a visiting frog the other day. He was much bigger and beefier than our usual little friend, darker in colour too, and I’m assuming he was the one I saw some while ago under the fruit trees because after a while he stopped his bathing, climbed out and took a number of huge leaps bac...Sunny 15°C / 59°F
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31 May 2009wildlife update 1 Back garden , Thyme , and Full of potential - renamed Water gardenThis is ridiculous – we’re a bit like proud parents. The first thing I did when I got home from work was go and look for the frog! … anyway he is living under the overhang of flat stone just near the entrance to the pond and my other half managed to entice him out by offering hi...Sunny 17°C / 63°F
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30 May 2009frog... 1 1 Full of potential - renamed Water garden… wonderful – I was just sitting out enjoying the last of this beautiful weekend weather, looked down towards the pond and realised a frog was looking back up at me. Quite a small one definitely not the guy who lives under the trees at the end of the garden. He’s been there a co...16°C / 61°F
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29 May 2009iris flowering White water iris Flowering and Full of potential - renamed Water gardenSunny 24°C / 75°F
lovely – smallish flowers – but the first and I have always coveted irises
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29 May 2009pond update - with photos now Full of potential - renamed Water gardenSunny 24°C / 75°F
Filter installed and the murky water is slowly clearing. Blue damselflies now along with the red, gently flitting about and looking very delicate and lovely. I found a frog in the undergrowth at the end of the garden again yesterday and was desperate to pick him up and say ‘look here’...

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