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<\/a>Cinnamon in front of a mass of pulmonaria<\/p><\/div>\n
There have also been a few casualties of the harsh winter that we have had. When we first set up the chicken run we slightly extended the chicken’s patio area with some spare paving slabs that had been left in the garden. To do this we had to dig out a huge mature heather.<\/p>\n
We transplanted the heather behind our cabin (work kitchen) between the windows where we needed something low that wouldn’t block the windows. It has never flowered much since it’s been there as it doesn’t get enough sun but it provided a patch of green.<\/p>\n
This winter it turned an autumnal red\/brown colour and stayed that way when spring came. As heather should be in flower at this time of the year we assumed that it had died and at the very least it wasn’t looking attractive.<\/p>\n
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<\/a>This heather looks dead<\/p><\/div>\n
While shopping for plants for the rest of the garden we chose a low growing evergreen to take it’s place. It’s actually a lovely blue colour.<\/p>\n
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<\/a>New planting<\/p><\/div>\n
We also added a smaller heather beside it which had out grown one of our pots. Hopefully these will spread to fill this space and will be happier here than the original heather was. I think this is an improvement.<\/p>\n
We intend to keep adding something new to the garden each month until we get it back to the cottage garden we originally intended it to be.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
I know I have said this quite often recently but the pulmonaria has taken over our garden so we are buying new plants then digging a clump out and replacing\u00a0 it with the new plants. This is the girls’ view … Continue reading