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Well, the last day or two of April saw some typical April showers – just what the garden needed. Things are coming on well out there now and it’s looking quite purple. Chives, Loads of Aquilegia’s in pinks and purples, purple geraniums, purple aliums and even deep purple leaves on a few shrubs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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What’s more, I even got Morgan to sit out there for a while the other night thanks to a camp-fire and some ‘gentle’ persuasion along the lines of “get outside NOW or I’ll put your xBox on the fire!”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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