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Frozen Ground Odd Jobs

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- Veggie patch is solid so couldn't continue dewilding - Started new garden journal book - Took out poles & supports from strawberry patch - Trimmed roses. Some new growth - Cut down dwarf elder from bottom of wildside & cleared dead foliage - Iris coming up - Swept top of yard

Dewilding Veggie Patch (part 1)

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- Pulled out bigger weeds - Rotted detritus into compost bin - Nettles apparently dead - Weeded & dug over barnside top of veggie patch - Bigger weeds & netting out of Strawberry Steps

Retiling the wall

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Garden Birds of 2025

All identified using the  Merlin Bird ID April White Stork Great Tit Song Thrush Black Redstart House Sparrow Tree Sparrow European Greenfinch Eurasian Blue Tit Barn Swallow Little Owl Common Cuckoo House Martin Common Chaffinch Eurasian Blackbird Eurasian Collared Dove July Syrian Woodpecker Golden Oriole Rock Pigeon Eurasian Jay European Bee-eater August Gray Heron

New Mower (4th)

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- New bird: Gray Heron - Storks still here - Little Owl active at night - New mower: Gardena Power Max 32/1200 G2 (electric) - Mowed lawn - Mowed path to compost bin - Mowed path between house & veggie patch - Compost maintenance - Trimmed rose border - Pruned roses

Bits

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- The bluetooth shutoff for the drip-pipes worked - Lawn roses returning - 5 or 6 white roses on bush - Stork on neighbour's chimney - Last of orange day lillies