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Scorton Priory gateway, Scorton Village, Nr. Garstang, Lancashire.

Scorton

in the county of Lancashire

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James Prescott
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quotePosted at 20:04 on 7th July 2015
Plenty of rose petals to be brushed up every day due to the rain-but all the Begonia plants are thrivingSmile
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quotePosted at 23:32 on 7th July 2015
How are things in the garden?  WET. 
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James Prescott
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quotePosted at 10:16 on 8th July 2015
And not much different this morning RodSmile
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quotePosted at 19:40 on 13th July 2015
Very damp with Rose petals everywhere--to-morrows taskSmile
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quotePosted at 11:14 on 16th July 2015

Ants are having a wonderful time in the lawn just now and funny to see the Blackbirds eating them, moving the soil around and then having a good shake to get rid of those who attacked him whilst he was eating the siblings.

 

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Edward Lever
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quotePosted at 22:52 on 17th July 2015

Success in propagating some white Foxgloves at last. It always surprises me that although Foxgloves produce so many seeds, my success rate at growing from seed has not been good so far.

Our garden is partly shaded by trees, which I hope will suit the Foxgloves and I am hoping that they will now spread by self-seeding.  

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James Prescott
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quotePosted at 08:57 on 18th July 2015

Last year our neighbours decided to cut 4 very large conifers down which had been there for over 20 years so you can imagine the size of these "eyesores" taking valuable light from the garden--now everything is thriving down that side.

The only thing letting my garden down is the lawn --due to a certain company which sent out a complete idiot to treat it -only to badly burn it.

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Edward Lever
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quotePosted at 10:53 on 20th July 2015
You are fortunate, James, that the offending trees have been removed. Conifers are not very attractive anyway. Our back garden is shaded by oak trees, which are majestic, but severely limit the light in summer. One of the trees is on my land, but I can't do much about it because it has a Tree Preservation Order on it. All I can do is to find plants which will grow well in the woodland environment - holly, foxgloves, ivy etc. As for your lawn, it sounds like re-seeding is in order. 
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James Prescott
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quotePosted at 15:50 on 21st July 2015
Yes Edward that would seem to be the best thing to do ---we have re-seede a large area and also re-turfed another area but still not got it back to normal--the pigeons seem to enjoy the seeds thoughSmile
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quotePosted at 09:44 on 27th July 2015
Everywhere is soaked --the only good thing is that we dont need to do any wateringSmile
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