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2019 – July
Read moreThe conservatory was finally completed this month. It’s a wonderful addition, and well worth the disruption caused by the building works. The cats certainly love it, they moved straight in. Inside: Kitchen window replaced with door and smaller window. New units installed. Some worktop at last! IKEA sourced ‘sofas’ in the conservatory for now until […]
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2019 – June
Read moreMajor works started this month. New conservatory to be added on the corner of the house. Unfortunately it meant losing a lot of the Jasmine climbing up the side of the house, but a fair bit has survived, and I’ve taken cuttings for insurance purposes. The ground work and wall building was interrupted by a […]
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2019 – May
Read moreMore beautiful weather this month, and the growth in the garden has been phenomenal, even though there has not really been very much rain. It’s been very busy outside, but fortunately I had extra labour again (Christine for the last week, and Helen for a few days) Plenty of colour around, it’s just a shame […]
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2019 – April
Read moreAnother month of mostly fine weather meant that more work was done in the garden. Lots of signs of spring – the first swallow was spotted in the middle of the month, and the first cuckoo heard at the end. And of course April is Harrogate Flower Show month, so of course I had to […]
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2019 – March
Read moreIt’s definitely beginning to feel like spring here. The sun has been out, and there is colour appearing with bulbs and blossom. Because of the good weather we’ve been doing quite a lot of work outside again this month. Mostly in the veg garden. Apart from a bit of a tidy up, and cutting the […]
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2019 – February
Read moreIt’s been a busy month. All the activity has really been outside. At the start of the month this was challenging due to the freezing weather, but the second half of February had unseasonably glorious weather and we were able to move on quite a few projects. With help from our glamorous assistants: Removal of […]