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October 2020

Preparing for bulbs, planting paper whites, flirting with scarification and being a NICE mother 🌱
Hello friends! We’re about to be locked down again and, well, at least we’ve done it before, and the schools are staying open (at the time of writing…
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Box clipping, leaf gathering, book scuffling, fox scaring and wreath-making and JAIL. 😱
Hello friends! - Happy October! Lots of five minute stuff going on this week and I have been grappling with what the hell I think I am doing, both on…
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September 2020

Help in the garden, getting ready for bulbs, lost teeth, stain removal and back to school, list-making joy.
Hello friends! The weather has cooled, Autumn has arrived, with RAIN and suddenly I am no longer wading through treacle. Lists have been made, boxes…
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A ball of string, a backless dress, a tidy tree and HAVING A REST 😵
Hello friends Back to school has given me a metaphorical ‘break in the weather’ and it’s like a weight has been lifted. Very much still revelling in the…
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Five container plants for low-maintenance beauty, clearing, sowing sweet peas and marmite toast.
Hello friends! It’s been a busy one… Monday I am sitting here laughing at myself that the corydalis I bought last week got planted immediately (as it…
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Hedge snipping, sweet pea plotting, early morning weeding and being more MOTHER.
Hello friends…I’m BAAAAAACK! There is a definite hint of autumn in the air and I’m absolutely fine with that…happy to welcome cooler, damper times and a…
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July 2020

June 2020

My top three perennials right now, picking sweet peas, rhubarb pie and ways with the hose.
Hello friends! It’s been a hot one and my five minutes of gardening have honestly been just that…no more than 300 seconds before I start to bead up and…
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Comfrey, basil, knitted swimsuits and the WRONG bike.
Hello Friends! First, a quick thank you for all your kind comments and emails about Wednesday’s letter. I’m so glad that what I wrote resonated with so…
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Sweeping, watering, time out and the table I can't have.
Hello friends! I hope you are all ok? Still in limbo? SAME. I’m aware that at some point my brain is going to have to make a shift and accept that this…
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