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First Tulips & Cherry Blossom

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- New birds (evening): Scops Owl & Nightingale - Drying balm - Buzzard circling village - Blossom:    - Peak cherry    - Pear starting    - Quince a way off yet - First four tulips out - Weeded & dug over junction of J6 - Weeded rest of herb garden (preserving balm)

Strawberry Steps & Herb Garden

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- Blossom:    - Most finishing    - Cherry just starting    - Quince progressing but a way off yet - Tulips developing - Oregon Grape flowering - Primrose windowbox a failure - Finished alpine step - Weeded back path - Dewilded border of Strawberry Steps/Herb Garden - Weeded & dug over herb garden: gap between J8 D-P3 & fence, house-side.

Dewilding Strawberry Steps

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- Cleared strawberry bed. 29 bedraggled plants remain - Cleared borovinki area - Cleared halfway back of Alpine Step

Dewilding: J7 Free

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- Finished drip-pipe 3 on J7 - Strawberries...

Dewilding Veggie Patch (part 5)

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- Trimmed edges of house-side path - Weeding & digging J7. Freed drip-pipes 1& 2 - Cleared more garage crap

More Mowing & Digging

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- Mowed:    - Rest of lawn    - Path to compost bin    - Rest of path between house & veggie patch    - Wildside (most) - Continued weeding & digging of J7 house-side, drip-pipe 1 back to border

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