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  • Heaps and Piles

    by Sunil
    by Sunil

    This post should not infer anything about my medical conditions but is rather to do with the recently inaugurated compost heap – a garden feature I’ve been waiting over three …

  • Dependency Chains

    by Sunil
    by Sunil

    I leave and breathe dependency chains. It’s how I get stuff done. People work dependency chains all the time without even realising. For the uninitiated, a dependency chain is the …

  • Distractions

    by Sunil
    by Sunil

    When I looked back in the blogging calendar, I realised I had left June with barely a single post. It wasn’t intentional and sadly it wasn’t because I was on …

  • What a Load of Rubbish!

    by Sunil
    by Sunil

    When we first moved into the garden, it was and overgrown blank canvas, rampant ivy covered the patio walls, carex grass and bamboo were out of control, buddleja was threatening …

  • It’s all Golden

    by Sunil
    by Sunil

    Although not as pronounced as when it happens in autumn, there are a couple of weeks in spring when the sun is at a low angle in the sky and it …

  • Eddie’s Garden

    by Sunil
    by Sunil

    I’m not sure why, but I don’t put an ownership tag on the garden. I don’t say that it is “my” garden. Photos are of “the” garden, we eat in …

  • Wall Hangings

    by Sunil
    by Sunil

    The garden is bounded by fences and hedges, but within, there are a couple of noteworthy walls, the main one being the patio wall that separates the upper terrace from …

  • Mad March Mulch

    by Sunil
    by Sunil

    The bags of soil had been sat on the drive for weeks, just sat, not doing much, covered with bright blue tarp to keep the rain off. With late winter …

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