Tagged: Gardening

Bees at the Bottom of the Garden 4

Beekeeping Records and a Garden Update

The garden has been growing like mad. I was only away in Turkey for a week but it seems as though everything has become overgrown whilst I was away and I haven’t had much chance to get out there and get it under control. It’s not as bad as it sounds though, just that all...

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The Garden in June

It looks as though June has brought with it the arrival of summer. So, here’s a few pretty photos from the garden.

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A Marvellous Mauve May

I managed to squeeze a few hours working in the garden into my hectic weekend schedule on Saturday. I’d already mowed the lawn a day or so ago, so todays chores were tidying up the edges around the various beds and borders, weeding, cutting back and pruning a few plants and potting out some Rosemary cuttings. The...

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Bank Holiday Gardening

I’m sure we weren’t the only ones, but we spent much of Bank Holiday Monday in the garden. I also went for a gorgeous swim in the sea. The water temperature was up to 9°C and the air temperature made it to 14.9°C so the cold was no longer an issue and I had a...

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Busy Days are the Best Days

Sunday was a nice busy day for us – just for a change! As usual it started fairly early for me at around 6am when I got up, checked e-mails etc. and had some breakfast before heading off to Machynlleth in Anna’s Fiat 500 hire car for a run. My planned session was a fairly easy one...

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Garden Plant Stall at Borth Charities Fete

Amongst the variety of stalls that the Borth 2nd Scouts run at the local summer charities fete is a bric-a-brac stall that we always find quite depressing. We’ve helped out with it for a few years now and it’s never that exciting. Don’t get me wrong, we are of course grateful for all donations to...

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A Hard Day in the Garden

Well, as predicted it was indeed a gorgeous day today, and after a solid 12 hours working in the garden my back is killing me and it’s time for a well-earned rest. I started off with a little bit of gardening at 6am this morning, doing quiet things like weeding so as not to wake...

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Easter Sunday Flowers

It’s nice to see the sunshine and some colour in the garden at last. Things are still off to a slow start this Spring though with snow still on the hills and very little happening in the garden. Here’s a few flowers enjoying the sunshine on Easter Sunday.

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And so the Mowing Begins

The nice weather looks as though it will take a turn on Wednesay so I’ve been busy making the most of it and trying to get on top of things in the garden. I’m just about there as well as far as the back garden goes. All the dead growth has been tidied up and...

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Spring Cleaning in the Garden

Shhh, don’t tell anyone but it hasn’t rained here for a while. In fact, I’ve just looked it up in the historic data section of the Borth and Ynyslas weather station that I run and it says that the last time it rained was on Valentines Day – That’s two whole weeks. The good news is that...