I'm up to date apart from more weeding required of the grass in the rockery.
Just more housekeeping. Mowed the lawn and "vacced," it, the paths and patios. Pruned a few bits off the wisterias. Then I gave the tea-house a...
Climate change has meant that I used to prune our wisterias in February. For the last ten years I've been doing it between Christmas and New Year.
I read somewhere, a couple of decades ago, scientist examing ice core samples in the Antartic, at one time there was a very high lead content in...
On Friday, I watched the video of him dragging in the hay I left on his patio the night before and I realised why he was starting so early getting...
Another three hours today. Picked the fruit off the quinces on the side fence. I do this before they fall, beats trying to fish them out from...
Spent three hours today, mostly tidying up the wisterias, apart from pruning off dozens of new branches that can grow several inches a night I...
Car Blue Badges, anyone have them? I've had one for my wife for about 40 years because she has MS. She's entitled "in perpetuity." Over time the...
I like runner beans. They always remind me of a holiday I had camping in Guernsey with a boys' club when I was eleven in 1951. It was the first...
Ours never go that glorious red colour. I don't know if it's because they get plenty of water here in north-west England. This is the closest...
Did my afternoon mist spray of the acers, they all holding up well despite the heat which can cause burning of the leaves. [IMG] [IMG]...
I hadn't intended to do anything today, but first thing this morning...alright around 10.00am... I noticed something had been into the four...
Just more watering, I'm leaving mowing the lawn until after it rains.
This morning I noticed a second tree next door in the middle of their garden has some leaves that have died off so that one too could be in...
Didn't bother with golf today as there was no breeze as there was on Wednesday which stopped it being uncomfortably hot. Just mist sprayed the...
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Curry's arrived around half-eight this morning. I had the oven unpacked, installed, connected and clock set by 9.00am. without taking any lumps...
The first signs for me is the leaves falling from some of the trees on the higher parts of my golf course. Our hedgehog is building himself up as...
Just a mist spray of the acers and sambucus and 'arry's house.
You can't beat induction hobs. They're cheap, around fifty quid, we've had two for ten years. Thery are cool to touch and after a wipe over...
