{"id":21384,"date":"2016-03-19T17:25:00","date_gmt":"2016-03-19T17:25:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.alananna.co.uk\/blog\/?p=21384"},"modified":"2016-03-19T17:25:44","modified_gmt":"2016-03-19T17:25:44","slug":"garden-control","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.alananna.co.uk\/blog\/2016\/03\/garden-control\/","title":{"rendered":"Garden Control"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Another day with Anna at work at the weekend so no running along the Coast path for me, but at least it wasn&#8217;t raining so I was able to be a little productive and spent all day in the garden trying to get it under control.<\/p>\n<p>Morgan helped out for a little while as well, sorting out the edges along a couple of the borders. He did an OK job, although I&#8217;m not so sure that his lines were that straight.<\/p>\n\n\t\t<style>\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 {\n\t\t\t\tmargin: auto;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 .gallery-item {\n\t\t\t\tfloat: left;\n\t\t\t\tmargin-top: 10px;\n\t\t\t\ttext-align: center;\n\t\t\t\twidth: 33%;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 img {\n\t\t\t\tborder: 2px solid #cfcfcf;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 .gallery-caption {\n\t\t\t\tmargin-left: 0;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t\/* see gallery_shortcode() in wp-includes\/media.php *\/\n\t\t<\/style>\n\t\t<div id='gallery-1' class='gallery galleryid-21384 gallery-columns-3 gallery-size-thumbnail'><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.alananna.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/Morgans-edging-2.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"200\" src=\"https:\/\/www.alananna.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/Morgans-edging-2-150x200.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"Morgan&#039;s Edging\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-21385\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.alananna.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/Morgans-edging-2-150x200.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.alananna.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/Morgans-edging-2-360x480.jpg 360w, https:\/\/www.alananna.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/Morgans-edging-2.jpg 500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-21385'>\n\t\t\t\tMorgan&#8217;s Edging\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.alananna.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/Morgans-Edging.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"200\" src=\"https:\/\/www.alananna.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/Morgans-Edging-150x200.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"Morgan&#039;s Edging\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-21386\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.alananna.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/Morgans-Edging-150x200.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.alananna.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/Morgans-Edging-360x480.jpg 360w, https:\/\/www.alananna.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/Morgans-Edging.jpg 500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-21386'>\n\t\t\t\tMorgan&#8217;s Edging\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl>\n\t\t\t<br style='clear: both' \/>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n<p>For me it was just lots of tidying and trying to get things under control after a winter of neglect. I got lots of work done, despite my sore shoulder, but there&#8217;s still loads to do. At least\u00a0I&#8217;ve made a start though and things are looking better\u00a0because of it. I even managed to give the &#8216;lawn&#8217; it&#8217;s first mow of the year.<\/p>\n\n\t\t<style>\n\t\t\t#gallery-2 {\n\t\t\t\tmargin: auto;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-2 .gallery-item {\n\t\t\t\tfloat: left;\n\t\t\t\tmargin-top: 10px;\n\t\t\t\ttext-align: center;\n\t\t\t\twidth: 33%;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-2 img {\n\t\t\t\tborder: 2px solid #cfcfcf;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-2 .gallery-caption {\n\t\t\t\tmargin-left: 0;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t\/* see gallery_shortcode() in wp-includes\/media.php *\/\n\t\t<\/style>\n\t\t<div id='gallery-2' class='gallery galleryid-21384 gallery-columns-3 gallery-size-thumbnail'><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.alananna.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/Bare-Ground-Ready-for-planting.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"200\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/www.alananna.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/Bare-Ground-Ready-for-planting-200x150.jpg\" 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src=\"https:\/\/www.alananna.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/Late-Winter-Garden-200x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"Late Winter Garden\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-2-21389\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.alananna.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/Late-Winter-Garden-200x150.jpg 200w, https:\/\/www.alananna.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/Late-Winter-Garden-640x480.jpg 640w, https:\/\/www.alananna.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/Late-Winter-Garden-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.alananna.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/Late-Winter-Garden.jpg 950w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-2-21389'>\n\t\t\t\tLate Winter Garden\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><br style=\"clear: both\" \/><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a 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nature will start to help out soon though and it will soon be in full bloom and looking a little more loved. There are a few areas that I think I might just dig over completely and start again though. Which gives me a good excuse for a trip to Welshpool to spend some money in the garden centres!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Another day with Anna at work at the weekend so no running along the Coast path for me, but at least it wasn&#8217;t raining so I was able to be a little productive and spent all day in the garden trying to get it under control. 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