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The Herefordshire garden in winter!

This is the first page to be used to  show each season as it unfolds. Each of the seasons will be  shown in the appropriate page over the coming weeks.

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A November sunset

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The Terrace garden. Looks very different as it sleeps. Watch this space!

After I took this picture I spent a considerable amount of time with a broom knocking off all the snow from the box hedge and many of the other plants and shrubs.  The weight of the snow is a real problem and can cause serious damange to the box particularly.

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February 2007. Global warming?

On our first Christmas Day in the cottage it snowed, the Doberman puppy of six months was gob smacked.  It was quite perfect as the snow was all gone by Boxing Day.  Sadly we have never had the snow and the sun together.  Yet!

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The jungle/shrubbery clearance task.

This is a view of the bank at the front of the cottage.  It is very steep and very overgrown.  The slope is away from the cottage and towards the lane.  In January 07 we started to clear away years of neglect.  Not just the removal of all the dead and overgrown shrubs was very had work but the processing of it all.  We were not able to complete all the work here but we have made a big impact.  The plan is to continue this autumn and winter with the clearing and opening up what was once a shrubbery.  We will need to do some replanting but it is hard at the moment to know quite what to do untill it is all been cleared away.

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Shiverrr in the terrace garden, February 2007

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Sun to offset the snow! Looking through the dormant hop and rose climbers.

One of the things that the under gardener thought he would miss about his flying career would be the wonderful night skys that can be seen from 35,000 feet up.  With little or no light pollution here he gets the spectacular night skys  whilst his feet are firmly on the grount.

a passion for a cottage and a  garden