Category Archives: Lockdown Diary

Up at first light assuming today would be a good migration day as there was rain first thing and a nice breeze. Tried Margate cemetery as yesterday saw a few birds there and thought the weather might bring a ‘fall’. … Continue reading →

The side of the pond, and the marginal plants are looking pretty messy right now, but it’s too early to trim stuff back. The variegated reed/grass spreads out every year and would swallow the whole pond if left be… so … Continue reading →

Now is a time when one ‘potters’ about making sure that maintenance tasks are up to date and that dead stuff is trimmed, flowers are dead-headed and unwanted invasives whipped out before they get going. This is not the full … Continue reading →

Winter preparation continues with most of the garden sorted out. The exceptions are areas where late summer flowers are still blooming and its too early to cut them back and tidy up. Having planted bulbs ready for spring we also … Continue reading →

Ever saved a bit of your Indian take-away for the next day? It may not be the gut-busting blow out you had the night before, but boy is it full of flavour, always more intense on day two. Well, today … Continue reading →

Yesterday was the first day I didn’t add to this BLOG since May. The best laid plans…, as they say. We went out birding first thing (or as near to first thing as these old bones allow). It was just … Continue reading →

I should have taken some ‘before’ pictures this morning, but, as often happens the intention to ‘move a couple of pots’ turned into a few hours clearing, moving stuff and generally revamping an area.  So, I looked back through my … Continue reading →

It’s truly remarkable how much detritus a tiny garden like ours creates. After several days ‘tidying’ up for the end of summer we have all of our garden refuse bins (4) full. Fortunately, we anticipated this and had booked a … Continue reading →

When we first moved here one corner was occupied by a lean-to extension to the shed and a massive tree stump. As there was nowhere else we could have full-size small trees we removed the stump and took away the … Continue reading →

With low energy levels and stiff joints the next bit of the annual tidy up has been the border adjacent to the garage/patio (for the uninitiated our garage is downhill from the garden so its top few feet now form … Continue reading →