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Little St. John’s Cross Hill Garden. June 2024.

Clearance of the garden paths. Begun on June 24. Restoring of the main house border. June 24. starting to look nice. With some space given to each plant. But not quiet finished yet! Back next week. Next job on front garden list is to clear bind weed and perienial weed from further seeding along lenght

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Garden Paintings by Me. 2023 to Present.

“Summer time in the garden”. Watercolour recent early 20s. watering her Rudbeckias. Jazz in the garden. Watercolour by Neill March 24. A Walk with the family in Stoke Woods near Stoke Cannon Exeter. Close to where Jane Austen used to stay on holidays with her family. Colour drawing July 2024 by Neill. Copy Right. The

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Dartmoor Garden Diary

June 2024. Grass cut of No Mow May Growth. A Garden that I have been looking after from year 2016 in Christow Devon. The garden was engulfed in Bramble and Weed when I first arrived. All the Brambles had to be dug up one at a time roots and all. The garden and house are

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Aspen Fuel

I’ve been using Aspen fuels for the last two years and can highly recommend them. Their fuels are not just good for running power tools in the garden but are also kinder to the environment. See their website for details.

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Get a free water butt for your garden

Given all the recent wet weather, you might be surprised to learn that the whole of Cornwall and large parts of Devon are still subject to a hosepipe ban. And since the world still seems to finding it difficult to tackle climate change, water could become an increasingly scarce resource over the coming years.

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No Mow May 2023

Now that May has arrived and the weather has started warming up, you may be thinking about digging the mower out of your shed and giving the lawn a good mow if you haven’t done so already. But Sir David Attenborough is asking you to hold off until at least June.

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