The green and rolling countryside of Worcestershire, England, is home to the cider apple orchards which surround the gardens of Pear Tree Cottage. They enjoy a sunny south westerly aspect with sweeping views across to Martley Hillside, Woodbury and Abberley clock tower. The Teme Valley lies just over the hill and, not far away, is the Herefordshire border. Although our climate is temperate, our seasons are often uncertain and always a challenge to a gardener! This began in 2010 & follows the weekly ups and downs of garden work chronicling both successes and failures but, above all, demonstrates the fun enjoyed by three people who regularly garden in all weathers

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16 March 2025

More cold feet!

 



Well, I did say it was a dangerous addiction!!  Despite a return to freezing cold weather and a biting wind, I braved the elements - and the cold water again.  This time it was seriously ambititous as I decided to power wash the creosote yard.  A much larger area than the previously done 3 garden paths.  I started in the middle and went round in circles spiralling outwards.  Unlike garden paths, it was horrendously messy working so closely to exterior walls.  Not just any colour either!!  White painted brick walls.  All the sludge and muddy debris splattered everywhere.  My fingers ached from the constant pressure on the trigger which doesn't lock!  Persistance paid off and no more green, slipper algae to be seen anywhere - not even on the galvanised Hosta planters! Furthermore, it looks much better in reality. than in either photograph.

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