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Approaching retirement from flying, with a passionate gardner as the
new boss in waiting, we attended a super wedding on the rural border of Shropshire and Worcestshire. This entailed a
night stay in Ludlow. Said "TNBIW"," I'd love to live near a place like this". Two years later, in 2004 we moved in. They
say people retiring from full-time employment wonder how they found time to go to work! IT'S TRUE!
Now I'm a full time small estate manager in training, UNPAID!
Extension of terrace garden above, west to east, to add curve from
western side view. This view also shows the trellis that was here when we arrived but by this point I have
painted it. This was a totally mind numbing job painting all those squares and I did one section per day till it was
all finished in February 2005. The day I finished the under gardener asked if I would not have prefered it painted black!
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| Under Gardeners kitchen garden in full flow. |
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| April 2004. Before we moved to Holmcroft. |
First look at this space in the garden, pictured above and my mind went
into overdrive as to what could be accomplished with this area which we felt was just crying out to be developed.
Note the state of the camomile to the right of the strip of grass in
this winter 05/06 picture to the left, compared to page 1 photgraph taken in 2005. Now in May 2006 it is approaching
the 2005 picture state once more. It would appear that each year we "loose" some of the plants so we order 50 mail order plants,
grow them on and fill in the gaps!
A long awaited project for a rank beginner. Head Gardener does the
main site, Under Gardener is vegetable apprentice and has the T-shirt!
Work continues!
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