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  A Visit To Hampton Court Palace Garden Festival 2021

  
  I hadn’t been on a train since February 2020, and I was very excited as I set off for this years RHS Hampton Court Palace Garden Festival 2021. It was an early start from my house in Lincolnshire, with my bag packed with phone, camera, notebook, sandwiches and flip flops for aching feet on the… Read More »
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  Open Gardens and Summer Cycling

  
  It is the season of English flowers on our local market and honeysuckle from the garden. Cycling through the lanes (preferably when there’s an England match on, so it’s much quieter than usual). Stopping to pick elderflowers to make cordial and admiring the dog roses in the hedgerows. They are too prickly to pick, and… Read More »
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  Summer’s here

  
    At last the sun is out again and I have been giving the garden a mini makeover to celebrate. As explained in previous posts, we were due to have an extension, which is now not happening this year, and I had cleared out my courtyard garden in readiness. To avoid having a summer with… Read More »
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  Tea towels!

  
  After no posts for ages, here are two in one week. I just wanted to pop in to say that my new tea towels have arrived and I am so pleased with them. They are made in the UK (Manchester), and they are printed on lovely thick, natural coloured organic cotton. They have a hanging loop… Read More »

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