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.... I just want to note that yesterday, for the first time since 1934 it snowed all over the UK. Not in my back yard but nearly everywhere else.

I haven't been in the garden since the weekend when we sorted froggy out in a new home. I won't get there this weekend either because I'm going up north for a birthday party. (can't go in the evenings now as its dark when I get home from work).
I think this Friday may see the table and umbrella being put away till spring. BUT......

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... only because they have apple tasting today; NOT to buy anything (mmm..we'll see). We've been reading up on Frogs and got some advice from fellow Grapes and think that our girl should be quite happy where she is. At that end of the garden its damp and cool, there's a woodpile and a wall and lots of places to take cover, including the compost bin. I do hope she has a chance to meet other frogs though, what's the point of one? We want a population!
To catch up: Dh's mum is out of hospital...

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.... I was clearing the corner of the bed near the fence and came across what was I thought was a toad (coz it was big). Called dh and he picked it up and we put it into the rain water-filled tupperware at the back near the shed. Where I had found her (after some research on t'internet I think she's female coz she's big) was too dry, and a bit exposed too. We've put a piece of wood sticking out and some shelter over the top so hopefully she'll be safe and happy, safe from our two cats at least....

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The TreeMan came yesterday to see what could be done with the ever-spreading plum tree - more like trees actually as there are five of them. He said he'd have no bother chopping down three of them and thinning the two which remain.
Also he can take the choppings over the back wall rather than bring them through the house; which is good.
I'm keeping my fingers crossed that his quote isn't too high. Watch this space.

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We went to the GC and althought they had told me via email that they had two VCs and were holding one for me they weren't.... no matter they did have three in stock and the guy was quite helpfull in a 'plants mean more to me than people' kind of way, not very forthcoming but told us which was the best for colour and that it was good to plant it now. So. Home we came and dig we did (well dh did), I said to him "that wasn't as hard as I thought it would be" (we have dry clay soil and we...

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