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Seaside walk this morning

As the temperature was set to rise to 30 degrees by noon, we drove over to a village...

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14 Jun, 2023
Shirley_tulip

Roses in bloom today.

I had a look around the garden earlier and was pleasantly surprised to see just how...

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3 Jun, 2023
Shirley_tulip

A Dorset delight.

We recently spent a week near Wareham in Dorset, staying in a self-catering lovely...

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1 May, 2023
Shirley_tulip

Before and after ...

There are times when it really is worth having a professional job done ... here...

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18 Apr, 2023
Shirley_tulip

The sun is shining ...

After so many grey days, it was a pleasure this morning to be able to do some gardening. It...

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3 Apr, 2023
Shirley_tulip

Hooray, the sun shone today!

The daytime temperature actually reached double figures today, ten degrees outside...

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11 Mar, 2023
Shirley_tulip

Pots away!

We are having the block paved patio professionally cleaned in mid March, neither...

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26 Feb, 2023
Shirley_tulip

Nymans on 1st February 2023

A message came through from The National Trust inviting members to 'Discover carpets...

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2 Feb, 2023
Shirley_tulip

January 18th ... promising signs in the garden.

The minus five temperature overnight meant our planned trip to a favourite garden...

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18 Jan, 2023
Shirley_tulip

Three cheers for Dave (Shedman)

I'm sure many of us appreciate the behind the scenes work that Dave does for us,...

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21 Dec, 2022
Shirley_tulip

Helping the garden birds

I posted a blog on this subject in February 2019 but thought some newer members,...

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9 Dec, 2022
Shirley_tulip

RHS survey results

The RHS Extreme Heat Survey in July after the record breaking heatwave show that...

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22 Oct, 2022
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