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Señor Hosè Pipe
Doings / The garden / The Seasons / Weather
  • 19 July 2022
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  • 2 mins
  • 3 years
  • 223 words
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Señor Hosè Pipe

I know we’re not supposed to be using automatic watering aids, and ‘onest Guv I was only hosing down the stable yard […]

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Getting hotter…
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  • 18 July 2022
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Getting hotter…

If you saw the earlier post about the Royal Welsh show starting today in Builth, I have to report – no traffic! […]

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Small tortoiseshell butterfly…
Doings / The garden / The Seasons / Weather
  • 17 July 2022
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  • 197 words
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Small tortoiseshell butterfly…

Attracted to the oversized verbena, this chappie is a rare addition to the garden. Chatting to an allotment holder the other day […]

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Despite the weather, and my stated intention to not work this aft, I finished the veg patch hedge.  Can’t leave a job half done!
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  • 16 July 2022
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  • 2 mins
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Despite the weather, and my stated intention to not work this aft, I finished the veg patch hedge. Can’t leave a job half done!

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Hedging our bets…
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  • 16 July 2022
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Hedging our bets…

A betting term as you may know. One of my first jobs in Customs and Excise was test betting which involved not […]

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Hard to think this was two weeks ago!
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  • 22 June 2022
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  • 3 years
  • 172 words
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Hard to think this was two weeks ago!

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Solstice plus one
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  • 22 June 2022
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  • 2 mins
  • 3 years
  • 167 words
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Solstice plus one

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Gotta be done…
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  • 15 June 2022
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Gotta be done…

Might feel a Wally (old Metropolitan London expression-Ed.) but safety first. Getting log sawing over in long trousers over wellies to save […]

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And so it begins…
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  • 14 June 2022
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And so it begins…

after the tree felling, the storing, sawing and splitting starts. The men did a great job and I an in awe of […]

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The trees.
Doings / The garden
  • 7 June 2022
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The trees.

One of the things that attracted us to Merryhall was the trees. Two enormous Sycamores which must be a couple of hundred […]

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