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Slip slidin’ away

Published on: February 24, 2014September 30, 2022 by Croft Gardener Category:Island Life 11 Comments
coastal erosion 2

Several times this winter high tides have coincided with storm force winds and re-arranged the topography of the beach and shingle coves at Ardivachar. Nothing too serious and although it has happened more frequently than hitherto, the coastal erosion has been minor. So although the Spring equinox gales are still on the horizon, I was

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A Slow Start

Published on: February 22, 2014September 30, 2022 by Croft Gardener Category:Bulbs, Vegetables 17 Comments
Bulbs on the bench

I fear that whatever I write about the garden and the weather I will end up either a Jeremiah, Job’s comforter or even worse a Polly Anna. So we will summarise the current state of the vegetable and cottage gardens as wet, sodden, saturated and waterlogged, which is quite remarkable as I garden on almost

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The Garden as Art

Published on: February 20, 2014September 30, 2022 by Croft Gardener Category:Miscellaneous 6 Comments
Levens Hall

My efforts in the cottage garden yesterday could hardly be described as artistic endeavour, but the mundane task of chopping bits of weedy grass from the border edges was sufficiently menial to give me time to muse over the recent post by Chloris on Is the Garden an Art Form?It is too easy to be

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Wordless Wednesday – Perfect in Purple

Published on: February 19, 2014September 30, 2022 by Croft Gardener Category:Bulbs 9 Comments
Iris reticulata JS Dijt

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Hold the Front Page

Published on: February 18, 2014September 30, 2022 by Croft Gardener Category:Miscellaneous 2 Comments
Theresa Bonney

WP gave my muse a bit of a nudge today with a reminder that I’ve now been blogging for 2 years!  At this juncture, with a world-weary sigh and a Gallic shrug of the shoulders, my muse departed muttering something about a world cruise.So on a wet Monday afternoon I’m muse-less and have a deadline

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