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June 28th:
we had been using this bottom corner of the garden as a general dumping
ground, old bikes, hamster cages, you name it, it was there, and worse . . .
underneath buried was a pile of bricks and half a ton of broken kitchen
tiles and plaster, not a pretty sight. The Mrs had the surface rubbish
removed by a local rubbish clearance man but we still had the problem of the
bricks and tiles, so we buried 'em, deep. |
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A gruesome find, in true 'Time Team'
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Panic over, they have been identified as
those of a cat.
Just about every garden has one I imagine. |
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Mini Greenhouse: |
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This is it, cost was around £15 last year from a garden centre. it comes as
a flat pack, all the parts are plastic apart from the racking shelves which
are plastic covered wire mesh. Easy to put together in about 15 minutes. The
whole thing comes with a plastic 'coat' with a zip up front which can
be rolled up out of the way. would recommend this as a must have as the next
stage once seeds have 'hatched', ideally suited for hardening off. |
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Walking Stick Cabbage |
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No, don't laugh, its real, well mine
wasn't. This cabbage developed a tall stalk that could be dried and made in
to a walking stick, it appealed to me instantly but snails and slugs killed
it off last year |
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One plant did survive, it got to about a
foot tall and stopped. all this was last year, the survivor flowered and
produced pods that I've allowed to dry naturally.
I'm planning on planting the seeds next year to see if anything happens. |
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Leap Frog |
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Rescued - One frog (might be a toad of
course) The trouble with having cats is that they are natural hunters, we
have got used to saving Slow worms but a frog was a surprise.
Damaged but still alive and mobile we
'planted' it in the compost bin to give it some chance of survival. |
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Sunflower |
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I see dead things.
In the shop it was lovely or so my wife
told me, pity it didn't last long. I've saved the head and maybe some seeds
so lets see what we can do next year. |
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Blackberry Jam |
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Jam, why didn't I think of that.
The neighbours asked if the could pick
some of the blackberries growing up the back alley and as a thank you
presented us with a sample of their home-made jam.
yes, it was good, very good. |
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