Category: Advice
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15. Still on the sill
It’s really lovely in the UK right now, sun is shining but Jack Frost is still on the hunt and am refusing to lose my hydrangeas again. Another frost will kill them and they looked so happy. So for now my plants are still on the sill. They will be staying there till May due…
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10. Water source
Currently we just have a tap but I am looking into getting a Water butt. One for the front, so I can easily access water and a couple for the back garden as it is bigger and when I sow all my lovely seeds it will also be a lot thirstier. In England it rains…
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6. Variety is the spice of life
Especially when it comes to your garden. It needs to be a balance of wheat you need and what nature needs, and what applies to you applies to nature. We all need: A place to rest and relax A place to eat A place to entertain Colour a place to grow A place to pause…
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4. Only partial shade: planning my seeds
My bullet journal has been helping me with my gardening. I have written down all my seeds writing down all the information from them into my book. As a dyspraxic I remember information with clarity if I physically write it down. I find that writing notes and lists means I can focus clearly on the…
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Another blog challenge
I really just want to disappear into the world of books and art. I am struggling to find enough inspiration after I have finished painting the ceiling or spring cleaning. So here is my current list. Hopefully I will write more, be inspired more, they are all about gardening but I will change them accordingly.…
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A moment in time: the world is too much with us
Life feels very heavy at the moment. Troubles all over the world. I am weeping for the Ukraine, I cannot image their pain nor anger. For the Russian citizens who don’t want this and are being punished. For the Palestinians unjust apartheid. Ethiopia and the war raging its country. Afghanistan and the unrelenting Taliban. Yemen.…
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It’s a new moon tonight
A good time to start again. A good time to refocus. A good time to link your head to your heart. A good time to let go. A great time to plant some seeds.
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Growing tomatoes from a M&S tomato
Marks and Spenser is a British institution and one of my favourite shops. It’s my favourite supermarket, it guarantees quality and I generally have no complaints, so when my tomato ( singular) came to 85p I was a bit shocked. M&S can be a wee bit more expensive than the rest of the supermarkets but…
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9 essentials for a trip the Seychelles
I love coming back to the Seychelles, it really is a beautiful place. You don’t need much here a good book and a nice cocktail/ mocktail a towel on the beach and access to no WiFi! It’s bliss. But here are a few basics that you shouldn’t forget to make your stay that more enjoyable.…
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A moment in time: home with my dad
I made it to the Seychelles. It is warm and beautiful but most of all it is home. Seychelles will always claim a piece of my heart. Because of covid my husband is still in England and he won’t get to see his sister get married. I cry when I think about him alone, we…
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