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Life Skills

Posted on February 4, 2013 by midlifegardener

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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Fudge, Yeah!

Posted on January 18, 2013 by midlifegardener

It feels like the gardening year is at a bit of a hiatus with little to do, so rather like the lead singer of a band in the middle of a particularly dull riff as the “guitarist goes off on … Continue reading →

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Keats had it right

Posted on October 17, 2012 by midlifegardener

Keats had it about right with his Ode to Autumn:  A season of mists and mellow fruitfulness.  In the garden the first early morning mists heighten the aroma of gentle decay and dwindling fecundity.  The apples are dropping, we have … Continue reading →

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The Summer in one day

Posted on August 18, 2012 by midlifegardener

  With the summer continuing changeable, one is almost taken aback by a bit of warm sunshine.  Wednesday provided the whole of this season in one day, with light rain followed by torrential rain, which cleared to warm sunshine, during … Continue reading →

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Process or Results

Posted on August 2, 2012 by midlifegardener

“A dreaded Sunny Day, So let’s go where we’re happy…Keats and Yeats are on your side”. So sang Morrissey with The Smiths. I like the line (as I like the Smiths) but I have had to carefully edit the Smiths … Continue reading →

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Fighting Spreads Across Gardening Fronts

Posted on June 22, 2012 by midlifegardener

The large elder lies in a tangle of branches, wilting leaves and splintered trunk, alongside the dishevelled box hedge.  The young tree had apparently been growing though the hedge, which had lost much of its shape as a result.  There have been … Continue reading →

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Beans and Bugs

Posted on June 12, 2012 by midlifegardener

The recent dry weather well and truly broke last week. The fact that it was half term holiday (and the Queen’s Jubilee celebrations) only added to the air of despondency at the inclement weather.  The wind was threatening to knock … Continue reading →

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Hoe Hoe Hoe

Posted on May 28, 2012 by midlifegardener

The weather has finally turned drier this past few days and my father can get to do what he really finds most satisfying: hoeing.  He has always said this is his most rewarding job in the garden so I have … Continue reading →

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Plant Therapy

Posted on May 22, 2012 by midlifegardener

Sunday I played golf first thing in the morning (7.35 start), was home in time for an excellent Azorieblue coffee, then went to school for a parents’ lunch in the boarding house before checking on the parents’ and girls’ tennis … Continue reading →

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Shoot Em Up

Posted on May 14, 2012 by midlifegardener

Today I managed to take another leaf out of my father’s book, to follow in his footsteps, be the unwitting victim of the power of fate and to once more be filled with the horror (the horror) of the dread … Continue reading →

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