LittleErnie's Blog

Back Again

Tue, 26 Aug 2008 20:43:00 GMT

Where has the time gone? I have been trimming, mowing, pruning. My peppers look magnificent in their red coats. The cactus have flowered well this year and I have seed to collect. I have been getti...

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Dandelions and things

Sun, 13 Jul 2008 16:10:00 GMT

Where to start? Well the weather is back on track, the lawn cut ...

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Hot then wet and windy

Wed, 09 Jul 2008 15:00:00 GMT

Since the last blog it has been hot and sunny in my patch for two weeks in spite of the weather forecast. My peppers are fruiting in the green house and the cactus are in brilliant flower. The pere...

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The Show

Mon, 23 Jun 2008 09:10:00 GMT

Since my last blog life has been full of events both happy and ...

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The Countryside

Sat, 07 Jun 2008 09:07:00 GMT

The first thursday of each month a group of us from the U3a visit a church for a tour and then have a cream tea. This week we went to St Andrews Church Lyddington and the tea was provided by the ch...

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Down in the Jungle

Wed, 28 May 2008 10:17:00 GMT

I am writing this during a tea break. Following hot weather and a week of rain I am in the process of a big clear up. The forgetmenots have finished and they are being taken up along with weeds and...

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All Change

Mon, 19 May 2008 13:40:00 GMT

After two weeks of high temperatures it was then one week of rain and now the weather is mixed, result mammoth size weeds and plants at an in between stage, not quite right for taking up the dead l...

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Leeks

Mon, 12 May 2008 14:41:00 GMT

Photo is of Ken Patterson of Cramlington County Durham with his giant leeks these are not the biggest but when I find more will post them to site

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Hot Hot Hot

Sun, 11 May 2008 15:40:00 GMT

It has become very hot this week, today it is 76degF and has been in the 70s all this week. The garden furniture is out and we have been enjoying our meals out doors. The scree garden is full of co...

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April Showers

Wed, 23 Apr 2008 13:32:00 GMT

At last the weather is as expected, tulips in bloom, daffodils just finishing, carpet of Forgetmenots, bluebells in bud and the alpines in the scree garden starting to bloom. I will shortly post a...

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Its April

Fri, 04 Apr 2008 17:28:00 GMT

Things are progressing in the garden. We discussed Clematis at the last meeting. Have you thought that when we read a blog, we read it in our own accent and pronunciation. One of our cats died last...

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Back to Normal

Sat, 29 Mar 2008 22:52:00 GMT

The good intentions to continue tidying the garden over Easter were stopped by the weather. ON easter sunday we awoke to a thick covering of snow! It lasted the day and was followed by wind and rai...

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Back Again

Sat, 08 Mar 2008 23:00:00 GMT

Last week I had just finished my entry when there was a power cut so I lost the entry and the will to reenterit.

It has all been happening : first an earthquake of 4.6 strength that caused so...

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The Hunt

Fri, 15 Feb 2008 18:05:00 GMT

Last Friday we went to Stamford open air market - market days are tuesday and friday- and I purchased three more alpines for the scree garden. More garden tidying up revealed that my alpine strawberry...

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Many answers to many questions

Sun, 03 Feb 2008 23:34:00 GMT

Peterborough is situated in a depression and has a fairly pleasant micro climate. It is near to sea level and a few miles to the east a great deal of land is below sea level. Like Holland we are us...

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