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22 Nov 2009Water in the garden 2. Porch garden , 3. Bay Box garden , and 4. House gardenRainy 1°C / 34°F
8.00am The cloud is right down, and it is precipitating, snow I think, probably a mix of rain and snow, it’s not settling – yet.
I have always wanted what is so unhappily called a ‘water feature’ in the garden but have never worked out where it could go and if it needed po...
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04 Oct 2009Bulbs, Plants and Porch 1 5. East garden , 7. Centre garden , 2. Porch garden , 3. Bay Box garden , and 1. Path bed gardenSunny 12°C / 54°F
12.11pm. Chilly to start off, and windy, even at 10.30 shirt, sweater, hoody and socks needed, but eventually the sun rose above the trees and I am now down to the shirt.
I have planted:
Narcissus Ice Follies to back of East between Daisies and Clematis – there should be more daffs there a...
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04 Oct 2009Addings and movings 1 2. Porch gardenSunny 16°C / 61°F
Moved the Bugbane from Shade, which necessitated moving Minnie Pearl eastwards. Added L. Tom Pouce from Road, a new clematis Black Prince, and a pink hardy geranium from Path. All the plants got amended soil and fish fertiliser, the bed as a whole which remains very light got some bark from the f...
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05 Jun 2009June 09 1 2. Porch gardenSunny 20°C / 68°F
For the record: Blooming – 2 Sea Pinks; the last flower on Iris ‘Little Event’, Tellima; Saxifrage x arendsii and Alliums nearly over;
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07 Apr 2009Location Aconites and 2. Porch gardenSunny -1°C / 30°F
Three clumps
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25 Mar 2009First up 1 Aconites Blooming and 2. Porch gardenOvercast 7°C / 45°F
Two behind little lavender bush today
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07 Oct 2008Sown Tellima grandiflora 'Forest Frost' Sown and 2. Porch gardenPart shade to shade, 12-18"h, z4; leaves whitish with green edging, chartreuse veins, flowers pink to chartreuse.
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