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![The wonders of leaf mould](https://www.columbinehall.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/IMG_2177-150x150.jpg)
The wonders of leaf mould
There is no gardening substance so wonderful as leaf mould. It smells delicious - like a woodland floor, is completely free and it is also enormously useful ...
![9,131 days](https://www.columbinehall.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/IMG_4537-150x150.jpg)
9,131 days
"I suggest we put each other on a month's trial to see how we get on" said Hew. I think we can safely say that we have passed as that was 25 years ago ...
![Coccinellidae](https://www.columbinehall.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/IMG_4517-150x150.jpg)
Coccinellidae
How many ladybirds have you seen this summer? I have only seen one and that was when it landed on my arm ...
![Swallows and Columbine.](https://www.columbinehall.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/FullSizeRender-150x150.jpg)
Swallows and Columbine.
The summer sky above the garden is busy - with dashing flight, shining blue backs and burst of twittering which sounds more like gossip than birdsong - there is no mistaking the most beautiful, agile and heart-lifting of birds - the swallow ...
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Everything’s coming up roses.
This is the month for roses. Classic roses that adorn our walled kitchen garden are at their peak around the middle of June ...
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We’re awash with cow parsley
For me, nothing celebrates the glorious month of May more than the wonderful froth of cow parsley ...
![Tulips Galore](https://www.columbinehall.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/IMG_4168-150x150.jpg)
Tulips Galore
April begins with bare brown branches and bare brown soil and ends with long days full of the majesty of Spring ...
![You Know You're Getting Old When.....](https://www.columbinehall.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/IMG_4161-150x150.jpg)
You Know You’re Getting Old When…..
I turn 41 next month, still a youngster I know, but I've been noticing recently signs that I'm getting older….. Thinking about the good old days, and the older I get the more good old days there are to look back on. Trying to remember where I left things and I find myself walking in the tool shed and trying ...
![Only one leg to stand on](https://www.columbinehall.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/IMG_3999-sq-150x150.jpg)
Only one leg to stand on
We don't just have one one-legged pheasant. We have two. A male and female with two legs between them that Hew has named Percy and Percina ...