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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

The Fightback Begins

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- Tulips done - Wild snowdrop anemones out - A little lilac - New growth on vines - Bought new (push) lawnmower - Broke new (push) lawnmower within 2 minutes - Emptied last year's peace lily, chives & basil into compost - Reconnected well pump - Swept top of yard - Ivy Geranium, Begonia & Aloe Vera back on terrace - Hand only triage weeding around path to compost bin  

Last of the Cucumbers

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- Terrace:    Aloe Vera: brought inside (top of stairs)    Ivy Geranium: brought inside (top of stairs)    Begonia: brought inside (top of stairs)    Passion Flower pots: emptied out    Garden Petunia: emptied out    Chives & Basil: brought inside (office windowledge)    Peace Lily: brought inside (office windowledge)    Geranium: brought inside (office windowledge)    Pelargonium: brought inside (office windowledge) -  Dug out:    Indestructible chillies    Habanero chillies    Jalapeno     Accidental chillies    Peppers    Black капия    Yellow сиврия    3 Edged - Last of the cucumbers (17 - gherkin sized) - 21 tomatoes - 20 cherry tomatoes - Deadheaded Indian Blanket which is fading - Robin still around - Lined cat's basket and brought back to terrace

Veggie Patch Up to Date

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- Moved Aloe Vera to terrace corner - Moved Basil & Chives to terrace - Tiny sproutlings in passion flower pots - One white rose on bush - Weeded herb garden - Disentangled & tied up cucumbers - Added 4th wire level to batch 1 tomatoes, tied up & колтуч-ed where necessary - Couple of tomatoes beginning to form Planting: - Balm (4 seedlings in 0.3 row, herb garden)

Planting & Repotting: Garlic, Rhododendron & Aloe Vera

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- Potting: new Rhododendron Simsii/Azalea - Re-potting Aloe Vera - Planting Garlic: 9 rows, 9 bulbs per row - Extending border at top of veggie patch - Primroses coming out - Sawing off low branches of plum tree on wildside - Restacking woodpile - Fickle cat