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2016          The story of our garden this year.

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From here the notes are in chronological order

January

Tuesday 5th January

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Friday 22nd January

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Thursday 28th January

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Our first snowdrops, just outside the front door

Friday 29th January

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Feathers, we think the Sparrow Hawk helped himself to a pigeon, in the back garden

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Some of the snowdrops in the back garden breaking out

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The crocuses in the front have been out for a while now

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February

Saturday 13th February

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I moved the Sparrow box on Wednesday from the front gable end to our shorn Hawthorn Tree.  I originally fixed it on the rear gable but after a few years and no interest from the Sparrows I moved it to the front gable.  After many more years and no interest I hope I've moved it to where it will be used.  Actually we don't seem to have many Sparrows now, they've all moved to number 439

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I guess they are disgusted with the state of our table, not as bad as the back garden though.

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Our 'sink hole' where the Ash tree used to be.

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Now to the back

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Friday 26th February

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Sunday 28th February - Jaja's 17th Birthday

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W have lots of Goldfinches and Greenfinches except on Bird Count Day?

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Our Reed Bunting, a regular visitor at this time of year

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The grass is growing wild but it's too wet to cut and has been for months

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The Snowdrops are still keeping the garden alive

Monday 29th February

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Sorry these are poor photos but they represent some of the birds we get on our feeders.  Unusual visitors are the Siskins, photo 2.

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March

Thursday 3rd March

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What is this bird?

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No poblem identifying these Goldfinches but we don't usually see them on the ground

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The second photo is a Bullfinch but what's the top one in the first photo

Friday 11th March

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Sunday 13th March

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The new bird table in the back garden - all my own work

Tuesday 15th March

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Friday 18th March

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It didn't take the pigeons long to master the lower roof

Saturday 19th March

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Female Chaffinch and Bullfinch

Sunday 20th March

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Friday 25th March

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We have a pair of Bullfinches this year, rare visitors in the past

Saturday 26th March

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April

Sunday 3rd April

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Is our Tit, resident in the box for over a year, going to build a nest?

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Tuesday 5th April

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Saturday 9th April

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Monday 11th April

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Lee and Emma had fitted two new fence panels so we cleared out between the house and fence, Virginia Creeper and rubbish, which included cutting up an old boat trailer chassis frame ready to take up to the tip

Wednesday 13th April

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Thursday 14th April

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A day or so ago I scarified the lawns with the new electric scarifier we had bought Steven.  Although dry on top the scarifier had churned up mud in places.  Miraculously the ground seems to be drying out at last.

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The Cherry blossom seems to have lasted longer this year, getting on for two weeks now?

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The savage pruning I did last year seems to have suited the Berberis

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The daffodils are finishing

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Tuesday 19th April

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The cherry blossom is falling but most of it is still on the tree

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The oak leaves are breaking out

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Friday 22nd April

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Amelanchier

Saturday 23rd April

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Monday 25th April

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May

Thursday 5th May

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Sunday 8th May

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Michael's Iceplant cuttings from last autumn and Alex's Fritilliary

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Michael's Fir Tree and Rambling Rose cuttings from last autumn

Monday 16th May

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On Friday I repotted all the plants Alex had given us when Damian visited.   The pansies, strawberry, sweetpeas, alyssum, stocks and pelargonium. The fritillary was one she gave us lastyear as is the pot with many little plants in.

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The Fuchia bought with the others, there's also a smaller Lavender amongst the pots

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This is the Mirror sailing dinghy, the only boat we have left.  I took the cover off last month, first time since November 2013, and there was only a little water in the bottom. Dried it out and put the cover back on.  It's a pain really, difficult getting the bike and lawnmower ot of the lean-to shed.

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The tiger Lilies bursting out and the Lavender which we bought a few days ago

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Removed some weeds from the rockery.  Moved the miniature rose, bottom left hand, it was being over run by the ***.  Dug the heuchera in, see photo 29th January - been in its pot all winter.  Found the fern.  Planted out the Lobelia, bought wit hte Lavender a few days ago.

All the above work was done on Friday 13th May.

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The Wisteria is now in full bloom

Tuesday 17th May

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The Aquilegias, Granny Bonnets, are out in force, taking over the garden?

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Monday 23rd May

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Birds have had a go at building here but given up - cat?

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Friday 20th May

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Monday 30th May

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Four little heuchera have survived the winter after being split up and moved into the sun.

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You may be able to pick out nine little poppies and one bigger one.  The larger one is the only seed that has shot out of handfulls scattered last autumn.  The nine are ones that I've transplanted from the rose bed where there are hundreds. 

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londp007sMonday 30th May

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Four little heuchera have survived the winter after being split up and moved into the sun.

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You may be able to pick out nine little poppies and one bigger one.  The larger one is the only seed that has shot out of handfulls scattered last autumn.  The nine are ones that I've transplanted from the rose bed where there are hundreds. 

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June

Friday 3rd June

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We've had some really heavy downpours so the roses are looking a little ragged

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Recent purchases to fill the boxes

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Alex's strawberry

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The climber on the bedroom wall Monday 30th May - full of roses

Friday 17th June

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These photos are of a clematis we planted last year round the (broken) washing line post

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Our dividing hedge between us and 419 is full of brambles

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The roses have all suffered under the very heavy rain

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Saturday 18th June

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Sunday 19th June

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Wednesday 22nd June

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This year we are getting sparrrows in the back garden

Thursday 23rd June

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July

Tuesday 12th July

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Wednesday 20th July

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August

Thursday 11th August

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Friday 12th August

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Saturday 27th August

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September

 

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October

No photos

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November

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December

 

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