Verbal Compost

The recovery of a garden from neglect as I looked after my wife, Glen, 'Pippy', in her terminal illness. The garden was her refuge and her love. As she was mine.

Wednesday, 27 May 2020

More Rhubarb!

Rhubarb wine. Here goes! 3kg Rhubarb 2.6kg sugar Left to soak for 3days Strained to separate out the syrup. Smells deliciously...

Less Honesty

I trimmed back the honesty bush at the weekend. Knocked out of shape by an overshadowing evergreen, I've pruned it to about half the siz...

Saturday, 23 May 2020

Oh dear oh dear!

It was windy, but not that windy. I must have bought an indoor greencupboard by mistake. Fortunately I have four cheapo-balsa-...

Impromptu Barbequ

A warm evening, so we had a BBQ for the first time this year. It was as easy as 'cooking' when it was unfussy and just for Genie an...

Stunted Growth

The little basil seedlings are just not growing. I'll re-pot. So this is for reference.

Sunday, 17 May 2020

Tangoed Green!

The back lawn, in my fantasy "The Bowling Green" is looking very poor. Scarified and raked, the moss is reduced, but the grass ne...

Friday, 15 May 2020

Honesty

Time to take stock of a minor natural disaster and man-made disappointment, and to consider some plant repair work. I've been watering a...

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