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2014

  • That Front Border

    by Sunil
    by Sunil

    There is a narrow semi-circular border at the front that forms part of the in-out drive imaginatively called, “That Front Border”. When we arrived, it was planted up with a …

  • My First Wheelbarrow

    by Sunil
    by Sunil

    I’ve been gardening for over five years and in all that time I’ve managed without a wheelbarrow. For me, a wheelbarrow was one of those things that other people with …

  • Tale of Two Borders

    by Sunil
    by Sunil

    With having such a larger garden now, I find my attention flitting from one part of it to another. A few weeks ago, I was working on chipping the large …

  • Hoeing the Trees

    by Sunil
    by Sunil

    When we moved in, we saw that the line of trees forming the rear boundary were wrapped with mature ivy. This was worrying, I’m no stranger to seeing ivy completely swamp and …

  • Time to Blossom

    by Sunil
    by Sunil

    Some of you may know that in our recently previous garden, there was a large ornamental double flowering cherry in one corner that was so floriferous you couldn’t see through it …

  • Cheap Frontage Upgrade

    by Sunil
    by Sunil

    It is a truth universally acknowledged, that a detached house in possession of a long frontage, must be in want of clematis. Or so the line goes. Many people know …

  • A New Start

    by Sunil
    by Sunil

    We’ve been in the new house for about six weeks now and in that time a great deal of change has occurred both inside and out and there’s lots to …

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