Tag Archives: gardens

Cottage Garden

Posted on June 24, 2021 by pensitivity101

Although we lived in the cottage for  7 years, we didn’t have what I would refer to as a cottage garden. Our frontage was laid to stone and it wasn’t until we decided to sell that we put some bedding … Continue reading →

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Smells to walk by………….

Posted on June 22, 2018 by pensitivity101

No, it’s nothing nasty, just an array of aromas walking round The New Avenue with so many gardens in full flower. Just across the way is a ‘dwarf’ lilac bush, except there is nothing small about it as it cascades … Continue reading →

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Sunday Walk Observations

Posted on February 28, 2016 by pensitivity101

Maggie and I did the figure of eight route on our own this morning. It was interesting to see the number of lawns that have had their first haircuts of the year, and I remembered us putting it off as … Continue reading →

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A Walk on the Wild Side

Posted on February 15, 2015 by pensitivity101

Maggie and I have had two walks round the Avenue today, and I noticed that one of the properties that was having work done had a carpenter’s van outside with a very snazzy logo of a little man with wood, … Continue reading →

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We’ll gather Lilacs

Posted on May 4, 2014 by pensitivity101

I am not a fan of gardening. I cannot tell a pretty weed from a flower, so to play safe, everything came out the first year we were here and we started again……. mostly with grass seed and a vegetable … Continue reading →

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A Good Result?

Posted on March 27, 2014 by pensitivity101

I am confused. The results are in for the 2014 RSPB Bird Watch, and I don’t understand. A few years ago, the result showed a decline in Sparrows. Not in my garden. The hedge out front and next door’s buddlia … Continue reading →

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Who cries for The Roses?

Posted on January 15, 2014 by pensitivity101

My paternal grandfather died forty years ago, in 1974.  Dad and I were the last people he recognised before slipping into a coma. It was ironic as he hadn’t been unwell, whereas my other grandfather had been seriously ill and … Continue reading →

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