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"Oops, I did it again!"

Yesterday we visited a family run plant nursery, mainly to purchase small plants...

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31 Mar, 2021
Shirley_tulip

A few ticks off the Wishlist!

Today is a day I have been looking forward to very much, Government restrictions...

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29 Mar, 2021
Shirley_tulip

Summer bulbs confusion

I received a delivery of Dahlia plants last week, ordered them last November but...

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13 Mar, 2021
Shirley_tulip

New garden fencing

Our garden fencing was goodness knows how many years old, with trellis added by ourselves...

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11 Mar, 2021
Shirley_tulip

A seaside Lockdown walk

This morning we took a short drive to a local beach, drank our take-out coffees in...

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21 Feb, 2021
Shirley_tulip

Beside the seaside

We are very lucky to live between the South Downs and the coast and regularly visit...

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12 Nov, 2020
Shirley_tulip

Winding down for Winter

Yesterday was 5th November, the first day of the second Lockdown for England, so...

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6 Nov, 2020
Shirley_tulip

Patience rewarded ...

I was given a gardening voucher on my birthday last year (August), then another at...

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1 Sep, 2020
Shirley_tulip

New arrival today.

Remember the bird's nest seen in our Grapevine a few weeks ago ... We have been...

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30 Jul, 2020
Shirley_tulip

I heard it through the Grapevine.

For a couple of weeks now, through our lounge patio doors, we have seen a female...

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9 Jul, 2020
Shirley_tulip

Bugs ... good and bad

I was in the garden earlier, before the very welcome rain started falling, and was...

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6 Jun, 2020
Shirley_tulip

Such a treat!

Yesterday morning we set off on a twenty minute drive to one of our favourite garden...

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16 May, 2020
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