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Friday, January 8, 2010

January garden picture

Well there’s not an awful lot to see in this, is there? Snow, snow and more snow. But at least I'm keeping my garden resolution #1 and sharing it with you.

What am I learning from this picture? The enormous palm tree, which we took as a two foot sapling from my parents’ garden in Torquay really needs to be cut down and given a chance to re-shoot from a more manageable height, as it’s totally overshadowing the pond and is probably quite shallow rooted, so I’m worried that strong winds could bring it down.

The lawn, so neatly blanketed in snow, is actually quite a mess under its white covering, and I’m wondering about re-turfing it, as it’s such a small area and we could have a lovely emerald carpet if we started again with really good quality turf.

At the bottom of the garden, next to the greenhouse is the pond, believe it or not! It’s a lovely mature eco-system now, but perhaps I need to get in there and thin out some of the surrounding growth to give it a chance to reveal its watery beauties more clearly to the eye.

Labels: garden picture, garden snow, monthly garden photograph

The All Seasons Gardener at 5:38 AM

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