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Post by althea on Jan 3, 2019 16:00:26 GMT
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Post by althea on Jan 9, 2019 10:15:34 GMT
Honeysuckle.  |
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Post by Deleted on Jan 9, 2019 14:58:12 GMT
Beautiful flowers, you must have an impressive garden
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Post by althea on Jan 10, 2019 12:06:27 GMT
These shots are from my previous garden,Jimmy. It was about a third of an acre and had not been touched for 30 years when we moved there.It was full of briars and the ground was solid. It took me about five years to create a garden from it.
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Post by althea on Jan 10, 2019 12:07:19 GMT
My favourite tree,a magnolia.  |
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Post by Deleted on Jan 10, 2019 13:16:53 GMT
These shots are from my previous garden,Jimmy. It was about a third of an acre and had not been touched for 30 years when we moved there.It was full of briars and the ground was solid. It took me about five years to create a garden from it. Was a job well done, must have been a wrench to leave it but not the hard work to maintain it |
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Post by althea on Jan 11, 2019 16:21:45 GMT
We left because the house and garden were getting too much for us and we lived out in the sticks.
We moved to be nearer facilities like the bank,the doctors,the dentist and the shops.
We live about 200 yards from our doctors' and we had no idea just how much time we would spend there.
There are many reasons why I miss the old place,but it wasn't practical for us.
Although OH had a ride-on mower which helped a lot,we had so many fruit trees that autumn was long hard days of wine making and cooking and freezing stuff.
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Post by althea on Jan 13, 2019 15:29:22 GMT
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Post by Deleted on Jan 13, 2019 16:00:58 GMT
Our very big garden used to be full of flower beds, vegetable beds, and bushes Since adopting the dogs they did not know that the beds were out of bounds, so we removed them all and grassed everywhere. It is now the dogs playground We have a magnolia tree which is mature now. Went to the Williams family nursery, they are world experts in magnolias, and bought this tiny shrub in a pot which he recommended. It was £60 and couldn't really say no as he had taken so much trouble. He explained that when flowering it would represent white birds sitting on the bare branches. That tree is still in the garden
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Post by althea on Jan 14, 2019 17:03:04 GMT
That magnolia looks like magnolia stellata,Jimmy. Such a beauty. A flower that reminds me of my childhood -lupins.  |
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Post by Deleted on Jan 15, 2019 11:12:03 GMT
Similar but it's a Williamsi, I think he bred it (does one breed a plant?) and named it after himself
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Post by althea on Jan 18, 2019 12:22:00 GMT
That's common in the plant world. Most plants are named after the people who found them first.
Come to think of it,it's quite common among diseases.Most of them are named after the person who first recognised the disease.
I'd much rather have a plant,than a disease, named after me.
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Post by althea on Jan 18, 2019 12:23:34 GMT
Blue Tits on the feeders.  |
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Post by Deleted on Jan 18, 2019 15:08:06 GMT
I love blue tits, nearly killed a neighbours cat found in our garden with a dead blue tit in it's mouth
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Post by althea on Jan 20, 2019 16:08:08 GMT
Cats kill thousands of birds every year,but according to statistics they don't seriously damage the bird population.
I'm not a fan of cats,though I know it's their natural instinct etc.
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