Hello everyone,
Well the most of March this year has been rain free, but today the heavens have open, thats why i decided to seek the comfort of my living room and writing this post on my site.
The ground was getting a little dry and the plants plus the grass were getting rather parched, I have now planted a [...]

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Well happy belated new year to everyone including all my customers!

Brrr…. its still frosty and very cold in mornings, i am still scrapping the ice off my van in the mornings.
I hope you all had a lovely Christmas and a really good new year.
I have been so busy with sorting my allotment out and of course [...]

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Hi everyone,
Its raining, so thought I would catch up on my website today.
 

Weeds

I have been so busy getting rid of so pesty little weeds and some not quite so small either.  They hide almost everywhere too.   Its best to dig as much as the roots, as possible this will prevent/stop them growing back quite so quickly. 

Lawns

To [...]

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Well its march and the evenings are drawing out and the mornings are becoming lighter, a sure sign that the winter is nearly over.   I love the spring, with lambs running and jumping in the fields.
 
Blue bells and dalfidils coming into there own what colour to fill your garden at this time of year and not [...]

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Well where is the snow?
If like me you you were waiting for snow, and the sky only offered a light covering you must be very disappointed as was I.  I was sitting glued to the weather forcast this week to see if we would get our share of the snow. 
I must admit I love to see [...]

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Well its January already.
Time to clear ponds, paths and any leaves that are hanging around underneigth shrubs and trees.  January is fairly quite, so it good to catch up on any cleaning jobs around the garden such as;

Bird tables, seed feeders and water feeds.
Green house windows, floors, table tops.
Patios
Decking
Old terracotta pots you can clean up and [...]

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Well it’s November already and what terrible weather it’s been.  I have been dodging the rain and keeping myself warm with extra layers when the biting winds blow through the West Country.  However this is not always possible, as this summer and autumn is proving to be very wet indeed.
Well for those people still braving the elements, [...]

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Well did we have a wet summer or what?
I tried to juggle my clients around and fit everyone in around the days that were dry.  However I must admit I did have to play catch up a bit with some gardens as some days were impossible to get any work done at all.  Here some jobs for us [...]

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Hi everyone,
At the moment I think the weather here in the south west is more like tropical rain forest, where the rain water comes in either light, misty or gigantic rain drops, but, then we have had some really hot days last month.  

Its time for killing the weeds in your lawn and giving it a good feed. 
Lillies should be given [...]

Read the rest of August, rain rain and more rain

Its already July, here are some gardening jobs to keep everyone busy:

Any shrubs which have finished flowering, need to be pruned back into shape.
Sunflowers need to be supported, this will help prevent them from falling over and braking.
Sunflowers will also need watering, feed well now so that they produce strong growth and wonderful healthy flowers.
 Its [...]

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