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CarolynW @cazzabee.bsky.social · 08/08/2026

You're gonna need a bigger pot!

CarolynW @cazzabee.bsky.social · 07/08/2026

I've fallen in love with Cosmos Apricotta this summer. Colour is scrummy and Cosmos beats drought and deer so win win all round. 🌱

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CarolynW @cazzabee.bsky.social · 05/08/2026

Delighted to receive three Geranium Macrorrizum varieties from hardygeraniumnursery.co.uk. Beautiful plants at great value. Macrorrizum has sailed through the East Anglian drought and remains deer proof which is a must here. 🌱

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CarolynW @cazzabee.bsky.social · 01/08/2026

No chipmunks in East Anglia UK! Could be mice but teeth marks look bigger. Not sure.

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CarolynW @cazzabee.bsky.social · 01/08/2026

Thank you for the suggestion. Not sure that's the reason, there are water stations very close by. Worth a try though.

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CarolynW @cazzabee.bsky.social · 01/08/2026

Something has been eating my greenhouse tomatoes. The green ones are thrown on the ground and half ripe ones are nibbled. Who is the culprit? Squirrels, rats or mice? No poo evident. No tunnels. Happens at night, door shut but vents open. First step, shut the vents at night. Not a happy bunny🌱

A half eaten greenhouse tomato. Who is the culprit?

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CarolynW @cazzabee.bsky.social · 25/07/2026

Knocked up this small hazel hurdle this morning to keep the fennel off the deck. Lesson learnt...use fresh cut Hazel, not the pieces I cut in January which twisted badly and made the job much trickier. 🌱

A two foot long hazel hurdle which was made from twisted hazel. Propping up fennel to keep it off decking. Should have used fresh hazel which wouldn't twist.

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CarolynW @cazzabee.bsky.social · 22/07/2026

RHS Sandringham flower show today. Excellent setting and several take home ideas that I think I can replicate. Good day all round. 🌱

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CarolynW @cazzabee.bsky.social · 29/06/2026

Pruning a huge Eleagnus gave a seating area opportunity for evening sun. Box as a table was free locally. Chairs and shade liberated from a shed. Herb box is from used decking. Edging is hazel logs, floor is old Eleagnus leaves. Total cost £20 for herbs. Result! Plant for the big gap at the back? 🌱

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CarolynW @cazzabee.bsky.social · 29/05/2026

Calmed myself down with this view from my dry garden after finding the deer had snipped the flower heads off the Eryngiums. Didn't eat them, just left the flower heads scattered on the ground. Classic East Anglian sky and woodland view brought me back to serenity. 🌱

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CarolynW @cazzabee.bsky.social · 06/04/2026

Pleased with my table top display this week. Smells divine.🌱

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CarolynW @cazzabee.bsky.social · 03/04/2026

Sure do. The emerging leaves and stalks will be scoffed. Once the stalks are picking size, they leave them mostly alone. If they are covered, we have Rhubarb to eat, if not, the plants suffer and there is none to eat.

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CarolynW @cazzabee.bsky.social · 03/04/2026

We are fortunate to have lots of Hazel to coppice for pea sticks, poles etc. Constructed a rough protective fence out of spare wood. Fingers crossed the deer won't eat the Rhubarb this year...

Photo is of an oblong woven Hazel structure made to protect Rhubarb from deer. Constructed from coppice Hazel

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CarolynW @cazzabee.bsky.social · 02/02/2026

It begins.....slightly late to the Aubergine party. 🌱

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CarolynW @cazzabee.bsky.social · 10/01/2026

Kendo Nagacatty likes to supervise the Winter apple tree pruning. I know Summer pruning would also be a good idea but have never managed to get round to it. We have more apples than we can eat so I guess the Winter only regime is fine. 🌱

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CarolynW @cazzabee.bsky.social · 05/01/2026

A wintry walk on the fen this morning followed by apple pruning time. Love this time of year. 🌱

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CarolynW @cazzabee.bsky.social · 25/12/2025

Gorgeous Christmas morning walk on the fen next to our house. Blessed to have this beautiful natural reserve so close.🌱

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CarolynW @cazzabee.bsky.social · 21/12/2025

I'm going to try sowing earlier this season. They do seem to need a long time in the ground.

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CarolynW @cazzabee.bsky.social · 21/12/2025

Peter Gatehouse in the forefront and the ever reliable for Christmas Three Ships doing their thing. Happiness. 🌱

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CarolynW @cazzabee.bsky.social · 19/12/2025

Any one else experience that feeling of relief when a named snowdrop returns for its first season after planting last Winter? Here comes Midas, I am relieved. 🌱

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CarolynW @cazzabee.bsky.social · 06/12/2025

These golden beauties define my visual garden boundaries. They give me so much joy all year round.🌱

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CarolynW @cazzabee.bsky.social · 04/12/2025

Added another side to our dead hedge over the Summer and Autumn. This would have been bonfired, so it's good for our environment and wildlife to have turned it into a hedge. Looks good too. 🌱

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CarolynW @cazzabee.bsky.social · 03/12/2025

Who wouldn't want to walk on this woodland path every day? It's on a 3k circular walk through woodland and fen a short walk from our house. We're so lucky to live here in Suffolk, UK.

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CarolynW @cazzabee.bsky.social · 30/11/2025

Thanks. I'll sow earlier next year and see how that goes!

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CarolynW @cazzabee.bsky.social · 30/11/2025

The best Celeriac I've ever managed to grow. Still pathetically small, softball sized. Really struggle on our sandy soil despite lots of pampering. Tips? 🌱

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CarolynW @cazzabee.bsky.social · 30/11/2025

No. I make soup and Passata for the freezer and eat masses of them with cottage cheese for lunch through the summer.

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CarolynW @cazzabee.bsky.social · 29/11/2025

Certainly was. You can never have too many 🍅 ,my favourite fruit.

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CarolynW @cazzabee.bsky.social · 29/11/2025

Last of this seasons tomatoes. Picked green and ripened slowly on a south facing windowsill. Chuffed to have our own tomatoes from July until December. 🌱

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CarolynW @cazzabee.bsky.social · 26/11/2025

Kendo Nagacatty was determined to help whilst I checked on the festive ivy situation in the garden. Spotty mushroom accompaniment. 🌱

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CarolynW @cazzabee.bsky.social · 02/11/2025

I think this is Salvia Blue Suede Shoes? I thought it had been killed off by Winter frosts, as it took so long to reappear. Finally it is flowering it's socks off, just in time for November frosts. I've taken insurance cuttings this year, just in case. 🌱

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CarolynW @cazzabee.bsky.social · 01/11/2025

Cutting garden Chrysanthemums. Originally the Apricot colour, slowly being overtaken by the pink, which I assume is a parent. Luckily I like both. 🌱

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CarolynW @cazzabee.bsky.social · 14/09/2025

Love it.Self seeds magnificently for me in my light, sandy soil.

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CarolynW @cazzabee.bsky.social · 13/09/2025

Birthday bowl treat to myself. Just need to wait for it to rust properly. Seating nearby so I can admire it in my grass garden. Grasses from Plantsmans Preference over the years. Fabulous local Nursery. 🌱

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CarolynW @cazzabee.bsky.social · 30/08/2025

Update re plants: apparently suitable plants are sold off in October, usually on Wednesdays. I'll be on the look out for the dates as I fancy the Salvias.

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CarolynW @cazzabee.bsky.social · 30/08/2025

Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk, UK Abbey Gardens always have an immaculate Summer bedding display. Well worth a visit to this historic town. Wonder. What they do with the Salvias when the display ends in Autumn? Hope they are overwintered but suspect not. 🌱

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CarolynW @cazzabee.bsky.social · 07/08/2025

Added rusted daisies to a corten planter today. Pleased with the result. Fills a gap I've been wondering what to do with for the past 2 years. 🌱

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CarolynW @cazzabee.bsky.social · 20/07/2025

I feel very lucky to have this spring fed swimming pond for refreshing swims. Clear water and 15ft deep. Dug in 1975 on the family smallholding. Lush and bounded by fabulous wild flowers 🌱

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CarolynW @cazzabee.bsky.social · 17/07/2025

Kendo Nagacatty cleverly likes to rest amongst our decking Agave. This protects him from the evil Nasty, next doors cat. Clever Kendy. Agave grow well here. 🌱

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CarolynW @cazzabee.bsky.social · 15/07/2025

East Ruston Old Vicarage garden ands a sea swim for me. Let us know what Wentworth was like.

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CarolynW @cazzabee.bsky.social · 15/07/2025

Over the years, I've come to love Zinnia more and more. Easy to grow from seed, stand hot weather, each flower lasts for ages, and the colours are so zingy. A must for me. 🌱

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CarolynW @cazzabee.bsky.social · 15/07/2025

I'll give that a go next year. I really struggle with fruit set. This year I'm growing them in their own greenhouse with peppers and chilli's. Thinking they didn't get enough light in the tomato house.....ever hopeful.

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CarolynW @cazzabee.bsky.social · 15/07/2025

How do you get them to set so early?

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CarolynW @cazzabee.bsky.social · 15/07/2025

I'm a failure too, despite extreme pampering. Never get beyond fist size.

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CarolynW @cazzabee.bsky.social · 12/07/2025

A small epiphany (can an epiphany be small?) this week. I grow lots of mint. I buy mint teabags. Why don't I make my own mint tea? It tastes much better than the bags and is free. Doh! Think of all the plants I could have bought with all the money wasted for years.....🌱

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