Our week started with the removal of our old yew tree. It had grown right next to our listed cottage and, at some stage had
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Autumn colours in the Blackdown Hills
With so many jobs waiting to be completed, it’s hard to justify spending time doing anything else. But as we didn’t want to miss the views of the valley
A long weekend of Autumnal gardening
A day off on Friday coincided with good weather – which was lucky as we have a LOT of gardening jobs to do!! Having put
Rain paused outside play…
We’d set aside last weekend to dig up a heavily- weeded area and plant it with bulbs… but the rain was so heavy on Saturday that when we
Thirty million little helpers
Yesterday saw the start of this year’s nematodes treatment in the orchard – ten million in each packet. We applied our first treatment last year after
Test and learn – our kitchen garden
Ten years with a tiny London-terrace garden meant we spent a lot of that time trying to work out how to make the most of the space we had, with homemade vertical planter
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