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Twelve months ago when I started these pages I would have been surprised if anyone came back for a second look. Now one year on I am amazed to find some of those early surfers (sufferers) are still with me and have become good friends. I debated in December whether or not to continue after one year, feeling that a year was about the level of interest to be found in a small garden. I suppose that would be true if our gardens remained static, but of course they never do, change comes with or without our help. I just hope that I can create enough changes this year to keep this site interesting.Due to web space limitations I have to remove last year month by month to make room for this years content. I hope at some point to have more space and perhaps reinstate those earlier pages. |
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Brrrr cold early morning when I took this photograph of a frosted black bamboo. Notice that there is no cold damage to the leaves. Many people think of bamboo as being tender, but many varieties are fully hardy in Northern England. The main thing to be aware of when planting bamboo is that some types are very very invasive. Make sure you get the clump forming ones or grow the spreaders in contained areas. They spread by means of sharp pointed leaders at or just below ground level and these will easily pierce any flexible pond liner they come into contact with. |
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More frost, this time giving a new quality to the metal of my sundial. It will be quite a few weeks before the sun rises high enough for me to check the time, not that it ever gives an accurate reading. |
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Looking like something from another planet, my Euphorbia mellifera is certainly from another zone and looks decidedly unhappy in our winter temperatures. The leaves do recover from this state when the temperature rises back above freezing, but only just. |
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This strange looking creature is what is commonly referred to as a Duck Potato. It is the over wintering stage of the arrow leaved pond plant Sagittaria. It very kindly reproduces itself by developing these corms late in the year, many of which float to the surface ready to be scooped out and potted up as gifts to new pond owners. |
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