26Feb

Mr Blue Sky

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I’m loving this settled high front – OK…. could do with some rain (dare I say it) some day soon but, for the time being, this is wonderful. I walked to work today with the dog, worth it for the view alone. Finished clearing the four main perennial beds – my right hand just doesn’t […]

21Feb

Spoke Too Soon

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Of course I had to rave about the weather – what a difference a day makes….the beast from the east has hit the Island big time. The coldest I’ve been all winter – full thermal skiwear and I’m still foundered. Am sitting now, at 10pm still in full thermals, still haven’t warmed up. A wee […]

19Feb

And The Heat Goes On

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What a day…I stripped down to my jumper – no woolly hat, no coat, no scarf. Not even a breath of a breeze, the birds were singing, just waiting for the bees now, haven’t yet spotted any queens but hopefully will do soon – they love the pussy willow. Of course, as I write this, […]

18Feb

What Spiffing Weather!

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What O! Tickety Boo! Can’t believe I’m watching the last episode of Blandings – the best thing on TV in a long time – simply capital! Glorious weather for this time of year – have managed to clear all 8 raised annual beds in two days at the end of last week. Today me & […]

09Feb

Beginner’s Bunch

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While the weather is still pretty woeful, now is the time to finish planning your cut flower garden for this year. If you’ve never grown any cut flowers, why not give it a go? I will suggest some easy plants to get you going. Perennial plants are the ones that will come back each year. […]

07Feb

February In The Garden

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Shortest month of the year, possible coldest month of the year with the easterly, beasterly wind – hits us hard in Islandmagee – nothing between us and Scotland to soften its blow. Yet I love this month, you can really see the nights stretching…we’ll be sick of hearing this I suppose until summer solstice, same […]

01Feb

Hedge Your Bets

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To lay or not to lay…… Finished laying the hedge today – it had been neglected for so long – it looked past redemption so we thought we have nothing to lose – let’s lay it! To find out more, dig this website – I think ours is “Yorkshire” in style – makes me feel not so […]