It is a tradition in our home that the Christmas tree does not go up until December 1st, and not one moment sooner. The girls went a bit crazy with the decorations this year.
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It started a few weeks ago, just after the heatwave in October, a branch of my cape mallow bush started to die, I didn't worry about it too much, things die, that's just the way it is. When the branch died completely I cut it off and put it out of my mind.
Then one morning I went out to water the pot plants and noticed that the lemon balm...
I wasn't going to do a post for this month's Garden Share Collective because I didn't think I had anything to share, but a quick walk around the garden and potted plants proved me wrong.
Sweet corn, sown weeks ago and only now starting to sprout.
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