The garden has survived the winter very well all things considered. I did a first cut of the grass on Friday and it had not grown anywhere nearly as much as last year nor as much as I had expected.
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These are not actually in the garden but in the field on the other side of my boundary.
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But these splendid islands of colour are in my garden.
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Andrew's tree: it survived.
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I'm not sure what this is but it'll be a shame that I have to cut the grass and decapitate it all.
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Close-up.
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A lovely solid unscathed windbreak and cat hiding place.
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The bird table used to be here. Heaven knows what theses seeds are.
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Not looking too bad, all things considered.
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Windburn!
CJ planted these about this time last year.
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Tadpoles by the thousand
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The pond's looking good.
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The
fuchsia need some attention.
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The trees are
ok thanks to Dave and Pat who replanted them after a very severe gale had corkscrewed them out of the ground. The stakes Dave used will outlast anything the wind has to offer. At 3" square surely they will. They will!!