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This above all; to thine own self be true. 
William Shakespeare

There is peace of mind in a garden

The calmness and satisfaction gained from Natural  Growth

23rd May one week later

23/5/2013

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 I am not able to get on here to blog as much as I would like to, I do not believe it has been a week already. The garden is looking very colourful,  the flowers seem to be catching up fast, in spite of the inclement weather we have been experiencing here in Norfolk, we seem to be about a month behind with the weather, we are getting April showers and March winds in May. Floral development and the cycle of life continues apace, our beautiful Tree Peony has come back into full bloom and we have pretty pink Clematis flowers climbing on the back fence. There are Forget-me-nots all over the borders and we have Wallflowers, Irises Primulas and Daisies intermingling.
I have re-pointed and filled in all the cracks between the stones on our patio, I bought a labour saving bag of ready mixed patio grout from Homebase and I am very pleased with the results.

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Our magnificent Tree Peony Flowers.
PictureDigging in the goodness~
The allotment is now keeping me very busy in the early mornings, late Spring is the peak time for making sure all the small plants and seedlings get bedded in. My second early potatoes are doing very well and looking very healthy. The first early bed of potatoes is very patchy, some of the plants are very advanced while some are not showing through the topsoil at all. 
  I planted some Celeriac plants and I am now busy preparing the beds for the Brassica plants. I have Cabbages, Sprouts, Kale, Sprouting Broccolli  and Calabrese Broccolli all growing from seed and I intend to fill two beds.
 I will have to net my strawberry plants, to protect the fruit from the attentions of my my avian friends, there is a particular blackbird who is obviously raising young in the area somewhere,  always pecking around as I work.

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Sunrise on the allotments
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    John~~Battling with the elements, pests and diseases in my struggle to keep the garden growing. A constant  daily struggle that will be recorded here.

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    Gardening is such a delightful pastime. I spend time on my allotment almost every day of my life, and the sensation of pure satisfaction never ceases to amaze me. I get so much out of this pleasure, I think the benefits are so huge that the government should legislate and make it more available to everyone. I will list just some of the obvious reasons here. ~~
    1) Fresh fruit and vegetables and other produce. 
    2) Fresh air and an intense feeling of getting close to Nature. 
    3) Healthy exercise without the necessity of machines that are found inside a gym. 
    4) The satisfaction obtained by growing plants and watching and caring for them through to maturity. 
    5) A regular occupation that you can make into a routine, somewhere to go to at a certain time every day. 
    6) The companionship of like-minded people, with whom you can get ideas and swap tips on your mutual interests.


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