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Category Archives: Gardens
Spring? Anyone seen Spring?
So it snowed today. No accumulation…just snowflakes floating down all morning. Sigh. It is gray and raw and very unSpringlike and it is April! A few brave little green sprouts are emerging but I haven’t even raked out the beds. … Continue reading
Posted in Brookwood Shire, Fiona, Gardens, Nature, Spring
Tagged growth in the gardens, waiting for spring
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June Update
So June arrived. Not sure how that happened as it seems it was only early May a short time ago…when Fiona arrived. It has been a busy time for us. There is Fiona, of course, who is always busy playing … Continue reading
Posted in Brookwood Shire, Gardens, Hens, Nature, Spring
Tagged Fiona, new run, window boxes
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Spring Projects…and a Pleasant Surprise
We have been home now for about two months. Ireland seems a distant memory in many ways. So what have we been doing? We have been busy settling in, and we have been making a list of things we want to do … Continue reading
Posted in Brookwood Shire, Gardens, Hens, Nature, Spring
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Fall Arrives!
At long last, summer appears to be over. The cool crisp air of Autumn is arriving….we even had a few rainy days! Everything seems to be breathing a sigh of relief. The few things left in the gardens are very happy! … Continue reading
The Gardens of Brookwood Shire …part 2
Summer. This has been the hottest, driest summer I can ever remember. The gardens are really struggling. Add to that that I have not had time to tend them as I usually do and it is understandable that they are not as … Continue reading
Posted in Gardens, summer
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The Gardens of Brookwood Shire….part one
A friend of mine said the other day, “Brookwood Shire is all about gardens.” And so it is. It was the gardens that inspired me to get hens…I kept reading how wonderful their poop was…how good they were for gardens..I didn’t expect … Continue reading
So We’re Off…
The girls are settling in to Whispering Pines Farm. Carole reports that Beatrix has joined her new friends at least once. How she got through the gate is anyone’s guess, but she did. She is bolder than she has ever been … Continue reading
Posted in Gardens, Hens, Ireland, Nature, New England Weather
Tagged scraggly gardens, the girls settling in, visiting Ireland
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