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The Pittosporum in the garden is on flower at the moment. It's covered in these small, barely noticeable dark purple flowers.... and they smell beautifully of honey. Gorgeous

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I'm teaching gardening and hope to grow your own food at a local school and ... LOOK AT THE TOMATO PLANTS they have grown. Aren't they magnificent. PS our radishes our ready too

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I can almost taste them already #allotment #allotmentlife ##growyourown

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Another of my favourite trees in the whole wide world...yesterday #tree #trees

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This patch of Silver cinquefoil appears every Spring and the leaves are incredibly.... silver.... and they glisten and shine out and really grab your attention

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I went for a walk in the bluebell woods this afternoon and took these - it was beautiful and peaceful, with a lovely light under the clouds #bluebells #woods #spring

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I think the Larch is one of my favourite trees and right now it is putting on such a beautiful performance

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It's just so very beautiful at this time of year in the woods

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Today's sourdough loaf... started the process on Saturday afternoon

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At college when we did our pruning practical, rather than pruning into squares and balls etc our teacher encouraged us to prune to bring our the spirit of the plant... which I love as a way of thinking. Here's a Spirea that I pruned last year

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Our Judas tree (Cercis siliquastrum) is just about to flower.... when it will erupt into a froth of pink fun

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I've sown 3 trays of basil (so far).... and the seedlings have appeared today ##allotmentlife #growyourown

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I'm the gardener for my dentist!! Here's what I'm doing with the lawn (it was mowed weekly last year before I got involved and was dull as dishwater)...... it's now beautiful #nomowmay #nownow #lawn

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Bubbling, writhing, frothing tadpoles in our pond this morning. They get very very active when the sun songs on the pond #frogs #tadpoles #pondlife

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Some snaps of the allotment this afternoon.... still a lot of bare soil, but that should start getting filled over the next few weeks #allotment #allotmentlife

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Garden loveliness today

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Some of my tulip snaps from a beautiful garden I was lucky enough to visit #tulips #gardens

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