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First Mow of the Year

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- Two storks in village nest - First housemartin in village - Crushed garage water bottles for recycling - Emptied pots for ivy geranium, begonia & aloe vera - Sorted compost - Planted primrose windowbox - Managed some mowing - Continued weeding & digging over J7 house-side

Spring catch up & Dewilding Veggie Patch (part 4)

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- Village Stork arrived (21/03) - Blossom out in village - Daffodil out - Bluebells out - Primroses out - Box elder blossom - Peonies coming - Repaired border walls - Cleared fallen plater - Weeded & dug over half of J7 house-side

Seed Inventory 2026

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  Likely (tried already) : Cucumber (сутцуки мидори ) 1.5 baggies Cucumber (крокодилки ) 1.5 baggies Jalapeno Peppers (3 years ago) 0.5 packet ( botanika, Exp: 2026) Peppers (3 years ago) 0.5 packet ( лактофол, Exp: 2026) Courgette (Nano Verde Scuro) 0.5 packet (bavicchi (GEO), Exp: 2026) Mint 0.5 packet (re-green, Exp: 2026) Beetroot 1.5 packets (лактофол, Exp: 2027) Alpine Strawberry 0.5 packet (Fit Seed, Exp: 2027) Balm 0.5 packet (vilmorin, Exp: 2026) Cherry Tomato 0.5 packet (City Garden, Exp: 2027) Tomato (2 years ago) Jar of 125 Tomato (момини г ъди ) 3 baggies Tomato (чер крим) 1 baggy Pink Tomato (розо в ед ър ) 2 baggie s Tomato (розо в сребрист) 1 baggy Tomato (чер вен р ъбест) 1 baggy Pepper (стар сорт ) 2 baggies Pepper (черна капия ) 1 baggy Wide Leaf Basil 1 baggy Likely (untried) : Basil 1 packet (Fit Seed, Exp: 2026) Pumpkin (Hokkaido) 1 packet (Fit Seed, Exp: 2028) Unlikely: Radish 1 packet (vilmorin (bio), Exp...

Snowdrops & Dewilding Veggie Patch (part 3)

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- Snowdrops fully out - Plaster crumbling on outside wall - Next door's wall collapse - Broke J6-1 drip-pipe connection - Weeded & dug over J6 barnside

Dewilding Veggie Patch (part 2)

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- New bird: Goldcrest - Saw Little Owl - Snowdrops on wildside - Composting - Digging over J7 barnside