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77 Years of Hurt
My father was about seven months old when we last had a British Men’s Singles Wimbledon Champion. Having waited nearly 77 years for another he nearly didn’t make it to see the next one after Andy Murray’s nerve-wracking victory over … Continue reading
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Tagged Andy Murray, England, Murray, Sunday, The Championships Wimbledon, The Open Championship, Tour de France, Wimbledon
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Where do we find the time?
I was busy at school last weekend with evening duty on Saturday and afternoon duty on Sunday. As a result I missed seeing one of my older and wiser brothers – Paul – who was calling through with after collecting … Continue reading
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Tagged Garden, Germination, Kitchen garden, Plant, potato, Seed, Vicia faba, weed
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A word of Advice
It’s been nearly a month since put finger to keyboard for this account of my continuing takeover of my father’s garden. Of course May / June is a great time in the garden as the seedlings germinate, grow and are … Continue reading
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Help Wanted?
I have previously written about my gardening buddie – Fudge – who has often been my constant gardening companion. She will hunt for rabbits, or trot around the garden keeping herself busy while I get on with the less arduous … Continue reading
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Tagged Field of Dreams, Fudge, Garden, Home, Plant, Veg Patch (River Cottage Handbook)
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Mediterranean Gardens
Despite the Easter chills at home, we have managed to spend some time surveying some more warm weather gardens. Easter was spent in Cornwall – the Cornish Riviera I think is what they like to call it. I always felt … Continue reading
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Tagged Cornwall, Costa Tropical, Easter, Easyjet, Eden Project, Mediterranean Sea, Ryanair, South Africa
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Sky Fall for Chicken Little
Apparently spring is just around the corner. It’s just that every time I think that now would be a good time to start getting some seeds in, actually PLANTING stuff, the wind veers to the north or north east and … Continue reading
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Not Green Any More
Half term has arrived for me with the amazing coincidence of fine weather too. So we decided to clean the greenhouse. This time last year, Claire was in hospital undergoing her final chemotherapy and stem cell transplant, so even going … Continue reading
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Tagged Garden, Grandparent, greenhouse, Home, Landscaping, London, Outdoor Structures, Plant
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Hot Chit
The rain teemed down again today which meant no golf as the course was closed (I reckon The Royal Wheathill will be closed for weeks at this rate) but it did mean that I was able to accompany Claire to … Continue reading
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Tagged Agriculture, Cherie, Kestrel, King Edward, pennard plants, potato, Ratte, Red Duke of York, red onion, sarpo mira, shallots, wilja
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Life Skills
I was reading the paper the other day and saw that the Air Sea Rescue in UK is being privatised – with the venerable Sea King Helicopters being retired after 50 years in the skies. It rang alarm bells with … Continue reading
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Tagged Air Sea Rescue, Compost, Feces, Friday, Garden, Manure, Sprouts, Westland Sea King
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Snow Patrol
We knew the snow was coming – as sure as Christmas. Though, like Christmas Day, we could not wait for it to arrive or quite believe it really would come and Claire, like an excitable child on Christmas morning was … Continue reading
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