Almost over..

The berries on the whitebeam have almost all gone.. the blackbirds love 'em!

View from beneath..

.. the tree that whistles! :-)

Early Autumn Promise

The original 'whistling' tree's looking good!

The Whistling Tree!

My new name for my Whitebeam, and blog!

Breaking Buds 2011!

# 2499The whitebeam's waking up!

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# 1995# 1994Total Allotment Time: 3 & 1/2 hrs.
Principle Tasks: Planting 16 pot marigolds around the runner beans in veg bed 02. Mulching the potatoes in vb04 with blended stable manure. Sowing 2 rows of pea 'Oregon Sugar Pod' and 2 rows of dwarf French bean 'Top Crop'. Tending seed beds. General weeding and watering.

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# 1955Total Allotment Time: 5 mins.
Principle Joys: Dropping off 2 sweet corn 'F1 Tasty Gold' and 2 unnamed beefsteak tomatoes to the plot (both were put straightaway into the closed cold-frame!) :)

Breaking Buds 2010!

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# 1734.05I decided to mulch the rhubarb with old leaves from the whitebeam (The frame's only there to hold them down in the short-term).

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# 1489# 1488Total Allotment Time: 25 mins.
Principle Tasks: Watering plants in pots. Digging one potato 'Nadine'.