Category Archives: gardening

Well, good morning Mr Blackbird!

Posted on January 26, 2022 by thepogblog

‘Why are you out here gardening on your own, Mum?’ ‘I thought I’d get started.  I’ve only fallen over once.’ It’s a freezing cold morning, full of grey dampness. Mum already has dirty trousers from falling over, and looks like … Continue reading →

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Our Towers progression

Posted on May 29, 2018 by thepogblog

I’m rather loving transforming bits of Our Towers.  Yesterday, it was the turn of a waterfall that I started off hating. Then we discovered it still worked.  Then we discovered that actually the only water feature at the local pond … Continue reading →

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a different view

Posted on May 1, 2018 by thepogblog

There is much muchness going on and I’m behind with all the blog based thoughts in my head as well as heaps of other things.  But this morning before work it was cold, but not torrential rain for a change, … Continue reading →

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turtles and turpins

Posted on April 25, 2018 by thepogblog

I have become a little obsessed by our pond.   Back in January when we moved in to Our Towers it looked like this: (That’s a still from a video I took because the queen of before and after photos forgot … Continue reading →

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A ‘relaxing weekend’ Our Towers style

Posted on March 26, 2018 by thepogblog

‘Let’s have a relaxing weekend’ we said. ‘We’ll have no small people here, no university, no half marathons….let’s just relax.’  That’s what we said, proving that what we say has no bearing on what we do. What we did was: … Continue reading →

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Demolition at Our Towers

Posted on March 12, 2018 by thepogblog

Yesterday, we decided it would be nice to have a relaxing Sunday, so we got out out a hammer and a crow bar and I can confirm with authority that you can get from one very rotten shed: To a … Continue reading →

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Pond overhauls and rabbits of doom

Posted on February 21, 2018 by thepogblog

For those of you interested in the things we’re doing to Our Towers, Saturday morning it was about the pond.  And Rabbits.  Rabbits of Doom…. But first the pond.  We went from this: To this: Via this: (Which was very … Continue reading →

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Weekend observations

Posted on February 12, 2018 by thepogblog

When you finally have a weekend day that’s not soggy or freezing and you’ve wanted to get in the garden since you’ve moved in, much can be accomplished in little time…to start with. Removal of two trees?: 30 minutes each … Continue reading →

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Transferable smiles (possibly)

Posted on June 19, 2017 by thepogblog

I like taking photographs of things that make me smile. I like being able to look through them at times when dragging a smile requires a bit of help, or when the world has gone a bit bonkers or just … Continue reading →

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A chaotic 44 minutes

Posted on August 5, 2016 by thepogblog

I nearly had another fireman story for you tonight.  Nearly, but not quite. I can explain by telling you what happened between 1.56pm and 2.40pm. 1.56pm – realise I am hosting a teleconference at 2pm and had better log on … Continue reading →

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