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We had wall to wall sunshine yesterday so a perfect day to keep the garden in some sort of order. I mowed and cut the front grass and moved the planters from their position in the back ready for an afternoons work there. I had a break and some lunch while

Round the side of the house behind where the shed used to stand is a tip of all sorts so I decided to start on it yesterday. I manged to clear a path alongside the fence to the back wall I filled the large wheelie bin and this is left over. Today I

Another lovely morning here and a walk to mother's was on the cards. I set off over the bridge and onto the channel side walkway,round the first bend Black Combe came into view looking colourful in the morning sunlight. I put the camera on full zoom and

We are still basking in warm sunny days here. Yesterday I took a leisurely stroll to town and did some shopping the old fashioned way. I enjoyed it and found some good bargains I can't get on line. Today after a lazy morning I carried on clearing the mess

After an overcast day yesterday the sun returned at full throttle today. With the wheelie bins now empty I started clearing rubbish again. I got the rest of the brambles into the garden wheelie bin, I also knocked some planks off a piece of decking that

A full morning in the garen starting at 9 and finishing just before midday saw the grass front and back cut and strimmed,so if the rain does come tomorrow I'm ready for it. I have a couple of new photos of Mia Lilly she is turning into a cutie

This is what happened when I left my recliner to make a brew . This is what happened when I pulled the dead flowers from this planter but left in the compost. This is what life is like in Cattown Weather report this morning,the forecasters got it right

We had a lovely sunny day today which came as a pleasant surprise. I spent a lot of time in the garden and resisted the urge to do a few jobs like sawing wood and weeding. It was a really relaxing day,the cats kept me entertained and Ellen joined us for

After a cold blustery day yesterday today dawned nice and warm with hardly any breeze. A perfect day to get busy in the garden again. I got rid of the remains of the decking boards into the now empty wheelie bin and started on the frame and side strips.

Another lovely sunny day here so I decided to start work on the fruit bushes. These are the tools I used. This big bush was cut down to size with the very sharp hedge clippers. When I got through most of the foliage it turned out this was three bushed

The good weather has gone and the rain is falling steadily. I have a big job to do indoors today so I don't mind so much. With the sun getting lower in the sky and shining onto my computer monitor I need to move to the other end of the room. This is a big

After some heavy work over the last few days my back rebelled on Tuesday so I rested completely. Today feeling much better I applied the root killer to the fruit bushes. The method for trunks and roots under 6" across is to mix a satchet with a litre of

We had wall to wall sunshine today so I mowed and strimmed both back and front gardens. A lovely warm morning and a good job done and I had the rest of the day free. I wasn't very productive unless sitting in a recliner counts. The temps got up to a very

Another glorious day here. After cutting the grass yesterday that cats as usual tried to transfer as much as possible into the house so after filling and starting the washing machine the next job was to vacuum the living room and mop the vinyl floor in

I chopped the rest of the blackcurrant bushes down today,another gloriously sunny day by the way. As you can tell by the photo now the hard work really stats. The gooseberry bushes are a tangle of brambles and grass. I will attack the bushes first with