I think it is safe to say that this summer has been woefully lacking in terms of sunshine. It seems to have been overcast day followed by overcast day. It’s a good job I take a daily supplement of vitamin D because it’s doubtful I would get enough otherwise. Nevertheless, it is wonderful to be […]
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July is often a month when the skies are overcast and sunshine is in short supply. Unfortunately, this one has run true to form. However, the warmer temperatures are most welcome, as is the chance to get a dose of vitamin D when the sun graces my garden. The greenhouse plants are finally producing flowers
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I always look forward to June when the summer arrives and gives us long, sunny days to enjoy the garden. What a disappointment the first half of the month was. Every day witnessed overcast skies, rain and wind, or a hellish combination of all three. The greenhouse seedlings struggled to get going; it seemed likely
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May is a glorious month; spring is well and truly underway, and the garden is responding with abundant growth and a plethora of blossoms. The downside is that there is plenty of gardening to do at this time of year to keep everything under control. The hedges require frequent trimming, and this must be done
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April has announced its presence with the advent of Easter. I often feel that Easter is becoming less celebrated than it once was; I hope that isn’t the case. I love to receive an Easter card just as much as I eagerly awaited an Easter egg hunt as a child. When my son was young,
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March is finally here and the advent of spring is most welcome. My mother’s birthday was 21 March and she insisted she was born on the first day of spring. Her birth fell on the day of the 83rd Oxford–Cambridge Boat Race. As was the norm, she was born at home and fathers were excluded
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February is here after what was a mercifully mild January. Candlemas Day was rather dull here in Yorkshire. According to old wisdom: If Candlemas be fair and bright, winter has another flight. If Candlemas brings cloud and rain, winter shall not come again. Although this is about as likely to hold true as
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January is my least favourite month of the year; the Christmas decorations have been stored away for another year, the weather is often at its worst, and the New Year resolutions are being broken with abandon. However, by the end of the third week, the days are lengthening (despite the cold strengthening) and this lifts
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Twixmas is the one saving grace of the Christmas and New Year period. The main event is over, and I can relax and look forward to the New Year. My family always treats New Year’s Eve and New Year’s Day as a repeat of Christmas but without the stress. What I’m working on I have
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As November draws to a close, the winter weather is knocking hard on the door. A brisk afternoon walk has to be just a little less brisk when ice is crunching underfoot. But the glorious sight of a setting sun piercing through the trees and warming the face is one that keeps me getting out
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