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"In his garden, every man may be his own artist without apology or explanation." Louise Beebe Wilder

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Looking down the west borders through the January mist. I still gasp when I look back on how bare this was 6 years ago! Swipe left to see

The mist has lingered this week.. . . . . I’ve enjoyed how it’s given the garden a whole new look and feel, and you can imagine my photo opportunities have been endless. The days are noticeably getting longer, giving me that extra time outside with the dogs and in the garden. I was reminded on the radio to take part in the RSPB Big Garden Birdwatch, this was something my Nan was religious about as she loved feeding and watching them. I know we have a pair of Robins that follow me while I’m gardening and lots of Blue Tits plus the occasional Woodpecker. I’m looking forward to spending an hour counting them all, the results should be quite interesting. This picture is the outside of the walled garden and where we have been working this week, all of what you can see has been planted by us over the past 10 years. The Fig tree to the left of the door was the first to go in followed by the Kiwi to the right of the door. The x2 obelisks, roses and box went in about 5 years ago. All except the box have had a good pruning this week. The weather forecast is snow for the North of England next week, I wonder if it’ll drift across to North East Wales?

The Lime Avenue 22nd January 2020 . . . Planted and trained at the end of 2009, (two years before we moved into our house!) we took the steel framework down about 5 years ago. This is probably one of our most impressive achievements in the garden and definitely my favourite for year round interest. I ran out to take this picture, hoping to capture the essence of this cold and misty morning..

Why “thelaundrygarden”? . . . . This question has been asked by so may people and I hope this helps without stating the obvious ‘Laundry’ title! As far as we know, about 200 years ago our home used to be the the servants quarters, dairy and Laundry to the main hall (next door) where Toms grandparents used to live. The walled garden was apparently filled with fruit trees, vegetables and flowers for cutting. Sadly we don’t have any photos only stories from parents and family members that have wonderful memories to share. I’m hoping to make a trip in the not to distant future, to some library archives with the hope of finding out more history about our home. . . We felt the name was right and different enough to make people remember, not only for its history but for its future. . . I hardly take pictures of the front of the house and these are the only two I have taken in 12 months! We love this place and have never felt so happy and settled.

Our first Snowdrops of 2020.. . . . . Soon we will have carpets of them in our woodland, a real joy to see!

Happy New Year to you all. . . . . Thankyou for following me and my garden through the seasons. Also for watching my daily posts in my stories!The new year will see some changes on my grid, as our roundhouse accommodation becomes a reality. It’s very clear on my top 9 most liked pictures of 2019, that you love the doorways and of course the flowers in the garden. This year will see more of the same, plus a collection of pictures of the roundhouse, tempting you on what it has to offer. I’m still undecided whether I should change my Instagram name, what do you think?

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