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snowdrop walk

Posted on February 15, 2019 by Ruth Paris

The snowdrops transplanted from my mother’s garden are thriving at the foot of the fruit trees along the path leading from the five-bar gate to the 12 ‘secret’ plots beyond. The bare root gage I planted last year to replace … Continue reading →

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secret snowdrops

Posted on February 17, 2015 by Ruth Paris

I love it that the allotment plot is ‘hidden in plain sight’; right in the middle of an urban roundabout, yet completely invisible unless you know to look. Just inside the 5-bar gate the two trees I planted early last … Continue reading →

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now with snowdrops

Posted on February 16, 2014 by Ruth Paris

A month of rain later, clumps of snowdrops lifted from my parents’ garden now grace the bare earth around the base of the fruit trees. ‘They’ say that you shouldn’t have anything competing with newly planted trees, but surely such … Continue reading →

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