Wednesday 9 September 2020

Marc and Rick’s Cottage Garden

Every time I stay with Marc and Rick at their Worcester cottage there is always something new to see …..

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…… often new plants have been bought in or old plants have been moved to a sunnier or more sheltered spot and, more often that not, Rick has put large pieces, once part of his many (pre-covid) furniture shows………

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…… but may have had a bit of a doink or two, but wouldn’t matter in the slightest in the garden ……..

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….. or he’s added things that are now out of fashion …… but perfectly lovely in the garden, especially when they’ve gone a bit green or rusty and then it’s like they’ve always been there.

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I like to have a wander ……..

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…… never knowing what I will find to coo over round the next corner.

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I mean how can you just love this little makeshift shelf at the side of the house, and the mirror? You know how I LOVE a mirror!

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Believe me, this gave me a very serious bout of garden envy as soon as I saw it. It made me want to done a battered straw hat, find a trowel and potter for England!

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I believe the plants Marc and Rick used in the pots, bricks and bowls are called hen and chicks (?), but I will stand corrected. How beautiful and simple. It made me hanker for my large garden in Wolverhampton and all the things I could have done to it to make it “cosier” and more “cottagey” ………

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…… but there again, if I was still there, I would probably still working, having little time to garden, so you can’t have it all.

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……. I just wish I could just have a little space under my two back windows to do something really simple, however it’s just not allowed.

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After four years at The Towers I admit to getting a little restless, I really would like a tiny garden, that is all mine, with perhaps a little summer house or pretty shed and lots of solar lights. I would also like to be able to hang out my washing outside to dry and a  proper front door and porch to dress up according to the season …….

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……… I just need to do the sums, get The Towers valued, see what’s out there in Evesham that I could afford (not a lot) and then “maybe” just “maybe” take the plunge.  I’ve done it once, it wasn’t all that daunting, I am just doing an awful lot of if and butting at the moment ………..

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The urge is strong at the moment and it’s there for a reason ………

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…… I know “someone” is pushing me and telling me it will be alright. 

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I need to mark this date in next years calendar to see if I actually act on these feelings and if I have set anything in motion.

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We shall see ………………………………