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i had a three hour session in our garden on Saturday afternoon. we have lived here for 14 years and our garden is fully established now, alot of mistakes along the way.. but I love working throughout the year and similiar to cycling where i notice the small changes in the seasons so much more which i find a joy.
Of all the gardens in our neighbourhood ours is the most worked on, we have fruit trees, large shrubs, fresh herbs, black bamboo, roses, a big venetian 'smoke tree' stumach, viburnum, philadelphus, physocarpus, trachcarpus, clematis, plus loads more. There was nothing here in 1996. Our rabbit is a recent addition and he has his favourite spots to chill out, and great fun when i'm working as he wants to be involved. Alas he eats some of the best stuff like the thyme and chamomile..
at the weekend I clipped our apple tree (cox's orange pippin), removing redundant and damaged branches from last autumn's heavy crop, so many apples in fact that i gave loads away at work. i also gave our Jasmine and number one haircut, essential every winter.. and trimmed alot off the bay tree. Quite a few of the better / umblemished bay leaves were given to LMNH cafe as a gift for 2011 this evening. The best thing about gardening is sharing the spoils.. I have just ordered a Persimmon for training against our sunny wall/fence, in three years we will have sharron fruit to add to the strawberries, blueberries and brown turkey figs already here..
the garden like cycling is my sanity..