A couple of days ago I grappled with a garden shredder, an experience I’ve previously managed to avoid. It had seemed like a good idea, for two reasons. Firstly, that I had a huge pile of green waste, mainly evergreen and…
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The end of February: the time I’ve always noticed the most the days lengthening out, the afternoon daylight encroaching into evening. Hurrah for that. I try to like winter, but I don’t. I loathe it. The cold, the dark, the…
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Yes, I do have a photo of a daffodil flowering in January. Cut from the garden on 31 December 2015, and pictured here in bloom in its vase. Narcissus ‘Cragford’ I think. I’ve known roses to be in bloom…
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