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Sunday June 26, 2005
Soil sample from my border
Sue Beesley
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Emergency plumbing
Yesterday I rammed my garden fork straight through the buried pipe that supplies the water tap at the end of the garden. No excuse -I knew exactly where it was because I buried it. So the water to the polytunnel is off, and I need to figure out how to
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Pink, but not PINK
I've always shied away from pink. Hated it as a child (wasn't expected to wear it so that was OK). Think candyfloss pink, shell-suit pink, old lady's lipstick pink - nothing there I'd like to associate with. But I've lately
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Thursday June 23, 2005
More pink beauties. A David Austin, and I need to find out which one as I'd like more
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Thursday June 23, 2005
Geranium sanguineum var. striatum. I can see why this is a favourite - a beautiful clear pink with delicate markings
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I did ask for summer..
...and we have it. Over 80C again in bright hot sun. Outside it feels like Florida, or Nice. The youngest had her final GCSE today and we're all relieved for for her that it's over. Why we still put 16 year olds through this condensed assault-
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First raspberries to make it to the table
Naturally the first handful or three got eaten straight off the plants, but there was a bowlful today and it would have been sheer greed to eat the lot as I picked them. Summer joy.
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Tuesday June 21, 2005
First bowl of raspberries.
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New arrivals
More plants from the ever reliable and very helpful Penlan Perennials - thanks Richard. 3 x geranium sanguineum var. striatum - for me probably 3 x Geranium 'Mary Mottram' for the neighbours, to go under the Pittosporum 4 x Comfrey - Hidcote Pink for attractive composting.
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Tuesday June 21, 2005
My new arrivals, three for the neighbours and the rest are a summer solstice present to myself!
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Rain stopped play
Well as you can see from the graph below we had a huge thunderstorm at 3pm today. I planted up a pretty pittosporum for the neighbours (C&R) this morning, removing an old berberis to make space. Hot work, even for a tough old camel like me - over 29C
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Sunday June 19, 2005
Anatomy of a thunderstorm