The Nook - A Garden Blog

The Evolution of a small garden, lots of mistakes, lots of hard work, for those who love gardening.

Wednesday, 31 July 2013

THE JUDGE IS OUT

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R is out judging the Rusland garden competition with her friend J. 20 gardens to judge and, if her opinion of what I do here is anything t...
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Sunday, 28 July 2013

HERBS, EXILES AND CUTTING REMARKS

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There is a door to heaven from our living room and it has been largely shut these last seven years - until this July. It has been open mo...
Monday, 22 July 2013

BEAUTY AND THE BLIGHT

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So, straight in with poppies, papery petals, fantastic colours and they sow themselves whither they wish. Just as the main roses go ov...
Thursday, 18 July 2013

PURGATIVES AND HEAT

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This is the crambe in full flood (the big things in front are Cardoons). The crambe is now going over, as  are some of the roses ...
Friday, 12 July 2013

A GARDENER VERSUS THE NATURAL WORLD

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I have wild parts of the garden - try to accommodate wildlife, but sometimes it is a struggle. The gooseberry sawfly have finally stripped...
Friday, 5 July 2013

COUP DE GRAS

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Today we have cutting of grass. Last week we had cutting of grass. Next week we will have cutting of grass. To quote Molesworth - 'T...
Tuesday, 2 July 2013

SOUR GRAPES AND FREEZERS

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Here I am blogging away for ages and now R and her mates have just started a blogging online soap opera and are in the papers and on the te...
Friday, 28 June 2013

I AM BLOGGED IF I KNOW WHY

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. . . if I know why I am blogging away about an unruly jungle turned into a monster by the manure I covered it with. And then the bits that...
Friday, 21 June 2013

FLOPPY POPPIES, PAPERS, VISITORS AND DEATH

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Another bird has died - flew into the kitchen window - a female blackbird. So sad but happens every year despite moving some feeders furthe...
Sunday, 16 June 2013

SOMETIMES PICTURE'S ARE ENOUGH

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Sometimes words are not enough. The garden is bursting with colour whichever way I look. Nuff said.
Thursday, 13 June 2013

SQUIRRELS IN BUTTERCUP JUNE

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R was up about 5 with Cawthwaite.com going around and around in her cranium. She made tea. I woke and, as usual, went to the window - rabbi...
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