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Settling Into Normality
The move is complete, the wedding is over, and now it’s time to fully settle into our new home and life. We had a wonderful but stressful few weeks and are looking forward to getting to know our new home and garden better. This week’s Six on Saturday, hosted by Jim at Garden Ruminations, features…
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Endings and Beginnings
Is there anything nicer than sitting on a bench in the morning, before everyone else wakes up, and looking out into the garden and forest beyond? This week, my Six on Saturday post (hosted by Jim at Garden Ruminations) is a day late. But I have a good excuse: We finally moved house yesterday! Today’s…
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Count Down!
Today in exactly seven days, we will be moving into our new house! Six days after that, we will get married. Oh, and we’re also going to Chelsea Flower Show on Friday for my future mother-in-law’s 80th birthday. As you can imagine, things are quite busy here, so I am combining the past two weeks…
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Flowers, Food and Failures
The time has finally come to give notice on my flat! This time next month, I will be married and living in our new house. The last few months – and indeed, years – have been quite stressful as I’ve travelled back and forth between my partner’s flat and mine almost every week. I can’t…
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Bulbs and Mysteries
This week’s post features two bulbs and two mysteries (one of them being a bulbous mystery)! For more gardening posts, check out Six on Saturday by Garden Ruminations, where you’ll find amazing posts about gardens around the world. Lily-of-the-Valley The lily-of-the-valley (Convallaria majalis) I received from my client in exchange for some of our endless…
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Garden and Terrace
Everything is doing quite well in our garden and on my terrace at the moment. For this week’s Six on Saturday, hosted by Jim at Garden Ruminations, I am featuring flowering plants and their insect visitors from both places. Ajuga I got a load of extra raspberries from a gardening friend, and Ajuga (and some…
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Violets and Herbs
I’m spending the week in Switzerland, but I managed to take enough pictures for this week’s Six on Saturday, hosted by Jim at Garden Ruminations, before setting off. This week, I’m featuring two plants from the Violet (Violaceae) family, three edible plants, and some of my growing seedlings. Wild Violet I found this single little…
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Stabilising and Blooming
The builders cleared much of the bottom section of the garden when they were installing the fence. Unfortunately, this has made the earth movement problem more acute. The slope from the middle section to the bottom is slowly sliding down. We need to stabilise it with plants as quickly as possible, which is what we’ll…
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Planting and Digging
My Six on Saturday this week, hosted by Jim at Garden Ruminations, is all about the process. I spent most of yesterday at the house, working on different bits of the garden. I thought this was a good opportunity to feature the sections of our new garden and what we plan to do (or have…
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Blooming and Sprouting
Spring has definitely arrived! All of a sudden, everything seems to be shooting up and starting to bloom. So, here are six things from my garden, as part of Six on Saturday hosted by Jim at Garden Ruminations. Cyclamen This cyclamen is still flowering beautifully. It’s been going for more than a month, so I’m…
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