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First shoots
Hello Friends, I found a nice surprise in the downstairs hall this morning – some of my seeds have just started to germinate. In the right hand tray are the cucumbers and tomatoes, in the front on the...
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Progress in the garden
Hello Friends, I’m planning to spend as much time in the garden as I can this weekend to get back on track with the vegetables. Today I did some more work on the raised beds. I’ve had to spend a bit...
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Back on track in the garden
Hello Friends, I’ve spent most of the day in the garden today and I’ve had a lovely time. I just enjoy pottering about in the open air – so much more fun than that ‘shopping’ as a leisure activity....
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More surprises in the garden
Hello Friends, I had a mooch around the garden the other day and I’ve found a few more things I didn’t realise we had growing there. The garden was quite wild and overgrown when we moved in 20 years...
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The first harvest
Hello Friends, I picked the first vegetables at the weekend to eat with our meal on Sunday and here they are: It looked like we had loads of spinach, but there was about a spoonful each by the time I...
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Spring cleaning the vegetable plot
Hello Friends, I decided to take advantage of the sun and milder weather today and start spring cleaning the vegetable plot. This was another job I had been putting off, but I split it down into mini...
View ArticlePlanning the garden against the odds
Hello Friends, I’ve managed one weekend in the garden so far this and dug over two raised beds. The weather seems to be conspiring against us all at the moment. I’ve got a week off work next week and...
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Planting at last
Hello Friends, After such a long cold winter, I’ve finally managed to get some seeds in this weekend. I had some garden vouchers for my birthday, and yesterday I went to the garden centre and bought...
View ArticleGarden planning – again
Hello Friends, I’ve got this great big list of things to do in the garden, and I don’t know quite where to start. I know I will have to do something soon, or the garden will run away with me. From...
View ArticleCatching up
Hello Friends, I don’t know where the last month has gone – all has been a bit busy here on Frugal Hill. I’ve also been unwell on and off over the last few weeks – just overtired I think and ending up...
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Plum tree mini disaster
Hello Friends, I hope you have all had a lovely Christmas. We’ve had a bit of an odd one. Both OH and I were ill on Christmas day. The girls got together and made a shepherds pie, but as they...
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Clearing the garden
Hello Friends, We’ve had a busy couple of weeks (hence lack of posts), so I’m just doing a bit of catching up from last weekend. A few weeks ago I posted about how the snow fall on Boxing Day had...
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Hedge cutting step by step
Hello Friends, The last time I cut the hedge at the bottom of our garden was three years ago. This was the photo I posted on here at the time. Since then, other stuff has got in the way and I’ve been...
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Home grown veggies again
Hello Friends, I didn’t grow anything last year as everything was a bit hectic. This year I’ve just stuck to a few plants and it’s not gone too badly. Here are some of the veggies I picked this...
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Autumn Harvest
Hello Friends, It’s that time of year again where everything is coming in all at once. My mini greenhouse and three raised beds have done very well. I experimented with several different varieties of...
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