Last year, I bought an orchid from the last chance shelf at our local garden centre. I was optimistic. I bought a clear pot, orchid feed and soil. Everything to give it the best chance I could. It died soon after, taking a formally thriving, neighbouring cyclamen with it. It […]
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wild – word of the week
It’s all been a bit wild around here. Although, before you start thinking we’ve been living it up and sipping champagne before 10, I best reassure you that I’m talking wildlife and being out in the wild. I can’t actually remember the last time I had champagne. Fields The farmers […]
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Our garden is the hunting ground to an unreal number of squirrels. We’re talking about a squirrel density that rivals many a town or city park. On the whole, we let them get on with it. The garden provides them with everything they need, it seems, and they mostly scarper […]
Read moreDone – my word of the week
For anyone in the UK, with a child in Year 11, or Year 13 for that matter, I think there was an audible, national sigh that grew to a crescendo towards the end of this week. Tests are over and school is out. What an end to an unusual two […]
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