5th April 2025On the 5th, we did some digging over and planting in the veggie planters. The soil in the middle planter was more sandy, but that...
In the workshop, several seedlings were up-potted from their seed trays. In this picture, there are Foxgloves, Geraniums, Achillea and Hollyhocks....
4th April 2025The postman brought a packet of pond plants yesterday. Three Water forget-me-nots and seven Red stemmed parrot feathers. They all...
It's hard to make out, but with all the varying sized bulbs, I was able to plant out around eight new clumps of hyacinths. At present, they look...
1st April 2025April the 1st was no joke! It was hard work. I moved over to the other side of the path and started digging out slates again....
29th March 2025 - Solar EclipseAs mentioned above, I spent Saturday morning in the garden, but it was to image the Solar Eclipse. It was quite...
After spending the morning photographing the solar eclipse, I got to work on the pond revamp.As mentioned in the post above, the bonemeal pond...
29th March 2025Mini pond has gone, thanks to a slow leak. Must have had a tiny pin hole or fracture in there somewhere. Good news is midi pond...
Been thinking overnight. I could actually take mains power from the observatory and bury a cable under the lawn to the wood. The observatory is...
The urge to do it is there, but the lawn edging, lawn levelling and finishing landscaping and planting at the very bottom of the wood is a...
The other silver dust plant was moved to the bottom of the steps. Again, this may not be permanent, but it filled an area of bare soil for now....
Last night, the main trailcam caught one of the foxes sniffing around, but also the hedgehog in the wood at the same time. The first two videos...
27th March 2025I was back out to the mini pond this morning, having raked through the bag of garden waste from the other day. I picked out all...
We have several kneelers of varying foam densities and they help, but won't cure my 85 year old joints, trapped in a 55 year old body!!
After lunch, a Bluetit was back again and also what appears to be a female Chaffinch.[IMG]By early afternoon, the continuous running camera...
We've had quite a lot of birds visiting the feeder during the day and even had several daytime visits by the foxes. I've now established that...
While I was photographing the Hyacinths, there was what sounded like a formula 1 race, nearby on the hellebores. It was bee central and I caught...
After the weeding at the railway, I then continued all the way up the Hawthorn hedge border, right to the back of the garage. Another one hundred...
19th March 2025Hopping back in time a few days, I finally got the bedroom finished after four and a half months. The wardrobes were fitted at...
The Red flowering currant has now got flowers all over it and the newly planted Viburnum tinus seems to have settled in. Despite several sub zero...
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