Here is a short recording of progress in the garden during May. I am going to make a concerted effort in future videos to not repeat certain phrases and words – apologies for the repetition!
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April 2021: Spring blossom and half a greenhouse
As you might expect, April has seen lots of new growth in the garden and we’ve also had the landscaping team back who built us our new greenhouse base and wall. The greenhouse and coldframe is being installed towards the end of May so I’ll be sure to include it in next months video.
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March 2021: Three new planting beds
There’s so much to report on since the last video – hence why this is a longer video. I hope you enjoy seeing the big developments we’ve made to the garden this month.
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May 2020: Nesting birds and spring flowers
The bird box we erected in November 2018 was used for the first time this spring by a pair of tree sparrows; here is a clip of them in action feeding their brood: Many of the plants in the garden have stared to bloom this month including this Geranium macrorrhizum ‘Ingwersen’s Variety’, which is mat-forming and semi-evergreen. I think this
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March 2020: Spring planting
In last month’s post I talked about how we prepared a large new planting bed. In March we planted 2 trees into this space and they’ve instantly provided height and impact. Since we’ve already planted 3 multi stem silver birch in the garden (Betula utilis var. jacquemontii), we thought it would be effective to plant a single stem cultivar called
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