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Garden during spring and summer under Covid-19 lockdown

Sort of garden diary, so you need to re-visit every few days or weeks. Lots more to come if we're going to be in lockdown for the rest of the year

7th August
​Wildlife

13th July
The new border
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Back view
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Front view

22nd June

19th June
Random Flowers

8th June
Veggie beds coming on nicely

1st June 

23rd May
​More flowers.

19th May
​Trying to find some inspiration and watched a YouTube video about photographing flowers. Decided to give it a go and quite pleased with the result. Need to work on focussing & shutter speed, but otherwise good backgrounds, cropping and vignetting! Hummm!

18th May
A few snaps off the iPhone of some of the minor things that have been done the last few days. Irrigation system almost complete, Tomato baskets up, Log Roll around the double height veggie bed and grass cut & edged. Oh, and the Kolkwitzia is in full bloom!

10th May
OK, so the sun's gone and there is a breeze, so the fluffy clouds are not there either. Nevertheless there has been lots of progress in the last week or so. See if you can spot the changes! Some are quite subtle, others are obvious, like the irrigation system for the veg beds and the greenhouse interior. Hanging baskets all planted up and waiting for the Monday night frost to pass by

2nd May
Two weeks on and the sun is still shining! Lots of veg planted and salad repeat sowings made. New borders shaping up and new water tank fully installed.

19th April - What a difference a couple of days make weather wise.
Edging a new border
Edging a new border
New tank, old tank - WIP

17th April and a month into the Coronavirus lockdown, the garden has been our saviour.
So many projects that thave been put off for so long have come to fruition, and there are many more on the list.
​Progress so far:
Raised beds replaced and moved
Slab paths relaid
Patio pressure washed
Pond clean out
New waterfall spill installed
Two benches sanded and restrained (one to go)
Succession salad planting
Greenhouse full of plants, cuttings, seed and seedlings
Shed roofing felt replaced
Nice clear water. Fish fed
Patio cleaned and benches re-strained
Edges defined ready for shaping
Edges defined ready for shaping. New roses growing nicely.
Ceanothus in flower
Apple Blossom
Apple Blossom
Apple Blossom
Salads protected from the flying rats
New raids beds ready for beans, sweetcorn, marrows and courgettes etc.
New raids beds ready for beans, sweetcorn, marrows and courgettes etc.
New raids beds ready for beans, sweetcorn, marrows and courgettes etc.
New raids beds ready for beans, sweetcorn, marrows and courgettes etc.
New Tulips
New Tulips
Primulas
Sink garden
Self seeded Orchid in amongst the Hostas. Exciting!
Box hedge looking good
More new tulips
Front bed replanted
Herbs coming into flower
Marigolds and cuttings
Tagetes, Coleus, sweet peas
Tomatoes, cucumbers, beans, sweetcorn, courgettes, squash
Mature Fuchsias and Geraniums ready to harden off
This site was last updated on 23rd February 2023
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