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About midlifegardener

A new house and a new garden. Having spent the past 5 years mainting my father's garden I am now taking on my own gardening project down the road in a new single store dwelling. The Old Man has passed on but he remains in my thoughts as I develop the new patch

Bleak Mid-Winter?

Posted on December 19, 2015 by midlifegardener

The sky was opalescent yesterday morning as I took the dogs out for their daily ramble. The clouds were grey and wind-blown, but a small aperture had been rubbed away by the elements to reveal a patch of blue with … Continue reading →

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“Goes back to the beginning…”

Posted on December 15, 2015 by midlifegardener

In amongst the usual TV series that appear this time of year to lead us into winter, like Strictly and I’m a Celebrity, some proper wintry drama returned with the third series of The Bridge.  The theme tune was in … Continue reading →

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Season of Lists

Posted on November 4, 2015 by midlifegardener

I’ve rewritten this post about three times as I have tried to get the tone right.  Autumn has always been to me a time for reflection though in my younger years it was enlivened by my birthday in October which … Continue reading →

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What’s the title of this blog?

Posted on September 29, 2015 by midlifegardener

It’s getting towards autumn – in fact Mrs B observed to me last week that the day and night were at that point of equal length.  “Aha – autumnal equinox” I said.  She just sneered at my nice-boy schooling which … Continue reading →

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Garden Surgery

Posted on September 13, 2015 by midlifegardener

More rain for the garden at the end of August meant the flowers were looking battered and the veg bedraggled too.  So we did some more structural maintenance on the trees and larger shrubs in between the downpours. The boomerang … Continue reading →

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Dead Air

Posted on August 24, 2015 by midlifegardener

It rained yesterday.  Bucketloads.  Which was a good thing.  Not in the “It’ll do the garden good” kind of way, because the garden is plenty wet enough thanks.  No – it gave us the excuse to stay indoors and watch … Continue reading →

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A Walk with a View #2

Posted on August 10, 2015 by midlifegardener

After the yellow weather warnings last night and the subsequent torrential rain this morning it seemed timely to post another photo album from one of our neighbourhood walks.  This morning as I set out at 8.30 with the dogs I … Continue reading →

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The secret of good timing

Posted on August 5, 2015 by midlifegardener

When my parents were developing the garden and working it up to produce vegetables on an industrial scale they used to start to plan their holidays around the seasons in the garden so that they would not be away when … Continue reading →

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Put your back into it

Posted on August 3, 2015 by midlifegardener

  Back in mid June I suffered the ultimate gardening injury – a slipped disc.  Well, strictly speaking I understand it to be a herniated disc.  I wasn’t even gardening – I had simply been doing some house work in … Continue reading →

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What a Tool

Posted on June 15, 2015 by midlifegardener

Not always being at home these days has meant that I get out of the little habits that make gardening easier. Like knowing where you left your tools so that you can easily get on with the right tasks. It’s … Continue reading →

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